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  89R1999 MP-D     By: Lopez of Bexar H.B. No. 482       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the provision by the Texas Commission on Environmental   Quality to the pertinent state representative and state senator of   notice of certain administrative actions of the commission.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 7.060, Water Code, is amended to read as   follows:          Sec. 7.060.  NOTICE OF PENALTY.  If the commission is   required to give notice of a penalty under Section 7.057 or 7.059,   the commission shall :                 (1)   publish notice of its decision in the Texas   Register not later than the 10th day after the date on which the   decision is adopted ; and                 (2)     notify the state representative and state senator   who represent the area where the violation for which the penalty is   being assessed occurred .          SECTION 2.  Section 7.075(a), Water Code, is amended to read   as follows:          (a)  Before the commission approves an administrative order   or proposed agreement to settle an administrative enforcement   action initiated under this subchapter to which the commission is a   party, the commission shall :                 (1)   allow the public to comment in writing on the   proposed order or agreement ;                 (2)  publish notice [ .  Notice ] of the opportunity to   comment on the proposed order or agreement  [ shall be published ] in   the Texas Register not later than the 30th day before the date on   which the public comment period closes ; and                 (3)     notify the state representative and state senator   who represent the area in which the violation that is the subject of   the proposed order or agreement occurred .          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.