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  89R11373 DRS-D     By: Dutton H.B. No. 3217       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to public comments on matters subject to a hearing under   the jurisdiction of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 5.555, Water Code, is amended to read as   follows:          Sec. 5.555.  RESPONSE TO AND CONSIDERATION OF PUBLIC   COMMENTS. (a) The executive director, in accordance with   procedures provided by commission rule, shall file with the chief   clerk of the commission a response to each [ relevant and material ]   public comment on the preliminary decision filed during the public   comment period.          (b)  The chief clerk of the commission shall transmit the   executive director's decision, the public comments made during the   public comment period, the executive director's responses     [ response ] to public comments, and instructions for requesting that   the commission reconsider the executive director's decision or hold   a contested case hearing to:                (1)  the applicant;                (2)  any person who submitted comments during the   public comment period; and                (3)  any person who requested to be on the mailing list   for the permit action.           (c)     The commission shall consider all public comments   submitted during the public comment period when deciding on an   action related to an application.          SECTION 2.  Section 5.555, Water Code, as amended by this   Act, applies only to an application filed with the Texas Commission   on Environmental Quality on or after the effective date of this Act.   An application filed before the effective date of this Act is   governed by the law in effect on the date of filing, and that law is   continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.