SB2275 - Relating to the submission of public comments regarding air, waste, or water permits issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

  89R9127 ANG-D     By: Miles S.B. No. 2275       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the submission of public comments regarding air, waste,   or water permits issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental   Quality.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter M-1, Chapter 5, Water Code, is   amended by adding Section 5.588 to read as follows:           Sec.   5.588.     SUBMISSION OF PUBLIC COMMENTS BY E-MAIL.   The   commission shall establish procedures allowing a person to submit a   comment by e-mail during any public comment period required by   other law regarding a permit application.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to an application for a permit that is filed with the Texas   Commission on Environmental Quality on or after the effective date   of this Act.  An application for a permit 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.