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  89R10160 KRM-D     By: Bell of Montgomery H.B. No. 4485       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to eligibility for a general permit to discharge waste   into or adjacent to waters in this state.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 26.040, Water Code, is amended by adding   Subsection (h-1) to read as follows:           (h-1)     After the commission denies or suspends a   discharger's authority to discharge under a general permit under   Subsection (h), the commission may not authorize the discharger to   discharge under a general permit before the fifth anniversary of   the date of the denial or suspension.          SECTION 2.  Section 26.040(h-1), Water Code, as added by   this Act, applies only to a denial or suspension ordered on or after   the effective date of this Act. A denial or suspension ordered   before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in   effect on the date the denial or suspension is ordered, and that law   is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.