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      By: Menéndez S.B. No. 3022               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the denial by the Texas Commission on Environmental   Quality of a renewal permit.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.   Subchapter M-1, 5, Water Code is amended by   adding section 5.588 to read as follows:           (Section 5.588.)     The commission may deny a renewal permit if   it is found, after notice and hearing, that the permit holder has a   history of enforcement actions having been taken against the permit   holder in connection with the permitted facility or other   facilities for which the permit holder holds a permit by a political   subdivision for the violation of environmental or health and safety   regulations of the political subdivision.          Section 2.  Sec 361.089(f) Health and Safety Code is amended   to read as follows:          (f)  Before denying a permit under this section, the   commission must find:                (1)  that the applicant or permit holder has a   compliance history that is classified as unsatisfactory according   to commission standards under Sections 5.753 and 5.754 , Water Code,   and rules adopted and procedures developed under those sections;   [ or ]                (2)  that the permit holder or applicant is indebted to   the state for fees, payment of penalties, or taxes imposed by this   title or by a rule of the commission ; or                 (3)     for a denial made under Subsection (M-1), that the   permit holder has a history of enforcement actions having been   taken against the permit holder in connection with the permitted   facility or other facilities for which the permit holder holds a   permit by a political subdivision for the violation of   environmental or health and safety regulations of the political   subdivision .          SECTION 3.  This Act, applies only to an application for the   renewal of a permit that is filed with the Texas Commission on   Environmental Quality on or after the effective date of this Act.   An application for the renewal of a permit that is 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 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.