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  89R4923 CMO-D     By: Lalani H.B. No. 826       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to monitoring air contaminant emissions in certain   counties.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 382, Health and Safety   Code, is amended by adding Section 382.0162 to read as follows:           Sec.   382.0162.     MONITORING OF AIR CONTAMINANTS IN CERTAIN   COUNTIES. (a) This section applies only to a county that:                 (1)     is adjacent to a county with a population of 3.3   million or more; and                 (2)     contains a coal-fired electric generating   facility.           (b)     The commission shall install and maintain at least one   air quality monitor in each county described by Subsection (a). The   monitors required under this section must collect data on the air   contaminants that are on the air pollutant watch list established   under Section 382.0161.           (c)     At least one monitor must be located near each   coal-fired electric generating facility located in each county   described by Subsection (a).           (d)     The commission shall make available in real time on its   Internet website data collected from a monitor required under this   section.           (e)     The commission shall prepare and publish on its Internet   website an annual report summarizing the data collected from the   monitors required under this section. The report must:                 (1)     analyze whether the data collected from each   monitor exceeds the national ambient air quality standard   established for an air contaminant; and                 (2)     include recommendations for legislative or   regulatory action to protect public health as it relates to air   contaminants.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.