SB2386 - Relating to providing notice to a state representative and senator of certain administrative actions of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

      By: Miles S.B. No. 2386     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to providing notice to a state representative and senator   of certain administrative actions of the Texas Commission on   Environmental Quality.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 7.060, Water Code, is amended to read as   follows:          Sec. 7.060.  NOTICE OF PENALTY.   (a)   If the commission is   required to give notice of a penalty under Section 7.057 or 7.059,   the commission shall :                 (1)   publish notice of its decision in the Texas   Register not later than the 10th day after the date on which the   decision is adopted ; and                 (2)     if required by Subsection (b), notify the state   representative and state senator who represent the area where the   violation for which the penalty is being assessed occurred .           (b)  The commission shall:                 (1)     affirmatively offer each state representative and   state senator the opportunity to receive notice under Subsection   (a)(2); and                 (2)     provide appropriate notice to each representative   or senator who elects to receive notice under this section.          SECTION 2.  Section 7.075, Water Code, is amended by   amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as   follows:          (a)  Before the commission approves an administrative order   or proposed agreement to settle an administrative enforcement   action initiated under this subchapter to which the commission is a   party, the commission shall :                 (1)   allow the public to comment in writing on the   proposed order or agreement ;                 (2)  publish notice [ .  Notice ] of the opportunity to   comment on the proposed order or agreement  [ shall be published ] in   the Texas Register not later than the 30th day before the date on   which the public comment period closes ; and                 (3)     if required by Subsection (a-1), notify the state   representative and state senator who represent the area in which   the violation that is the subject of the proposed order or agreement   occurred .           (a-1)  The commission shall:                 (1)     affirmatively offer each state representative and   state senator the opportunity to receive notice under Subsection   (a)(3); and                 (2)     provide appropriate notice to each representative   or senator who elects to receive notice under this section.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.