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      S.B. No. 1302         AN ACT   relating to eligibility to use 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   Subsections (h-1) and (h-2) 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 discharger may not discharge under the general   permit until the executive director actively authorizes the   discharger to use the general permit.           (h-2)     The executive director may not use an automatic   process to authorize the use of a general permit under Subsection   (h-1).          SECTION 2.  Sections 26.040(h-1) and (h-2), Water Code, as   added by this Act, apply only to a denial or suspension ordered on   or after the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.               ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1302 passed the Senate on   April 10, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1302 passed the House on   May 28, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 135, Nays 4, two   present not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor