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  89R11333 KRM-F     By: Dutton H.B. No. 2642       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the persons entitled to request a public hearing from   the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality related to the   construction of a concrete plant.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 382.058(c), Health and Safety Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (c)   In this subsection, "representative" means a person in a   decision-making capacity with fiduciary responsibility, or that   person's designee. For purposes of this section, only a   representative of a school, place of worship, licensed day-care   center, hospital, or medical facility located within 440 yards of   the proposed plant or a person [ those persons actually ] residing   [ in a permanent residence ] within 440 yards of the proposed plant   may request a hearing under Section 382.056 as a person who may be   affected.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to an application for an authorization to use a permit that is   submitted to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on or   after the effective date of this Act. An application for an   authorization to use a permit that was submitted to the Texas   Commission on Environmental Quality before the effective date of   this Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the   application was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for   that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2025.