S.B. No. 1045 AN ACT relating to the consolidation of public notice requirements for certain air quality permit applications. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 382.056, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Subsection (g-1) to read as follows: (g-1) The notice of intent required by Subsection (a) and the notice of the preliminary decision described by Subsection (g) may be consolidated into one notice if: (1) not later than the 15th day after the date the application for which the notice is required is received, the commission determines the application to be administratively complete; and (2) the preliminary decision and draft permit related to the application are available at the time of the commission's determination under Subdivision (1). SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply 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, 2017. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1045 passed the Senate on April 5, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays 4. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1045 passed the House on May 20, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 104, Nays 29, one present not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House Approved: ______________________________ Date ______________________________ Governor