S.B. No. 813

	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, 2023.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 813 passed the Senate on
	April 26, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 813 passed the House on
	May 24, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 107, Nays 31,
	one present not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	Approved:
	______________________________
	Date
	______________________________
	Governor

Statutes affected:
Introduced: Water Code 7.060, Water Code 7.075 (Water Code 7)
Senate Committee Report: Water Code 7.060, Water Code 7.075 (Water Code 7)
Engrossed: Water Code 7.060, Water Code 7.075 (Water Code 7)
House Committee Report: Water Code 7.060, Water Code 7.075 (Water Code 7)
Enrolled: Water Code 7.060, Water Code 7.075 (Water Code 7)