HBA-MPM S.B. 487 76(R) BILL ANALYSIS Office of House Bill AnalysisS.B. 487 By: Brown Environmental Regulation 4/9/1999 Engrossed BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE Current law provides that a landfill permit applicant has 270 days to submit additional information to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC), as requested, to make a landfill permit administratively complete. S.B. 487 instructs TNRCC to establish, by rule, the deadline for submission of additional information requested to make the landfill application administratively complete. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that rulemaking authority is expressly delegated to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission in SECTION 1 (Section 361.066, Health and Safety Code) of this bill. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 361.066, Health and Safety Code, by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c), as follows: (a) Provides that an applicant must submit any portion of an application that the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC) determines necessary to make the application administratively complete no later than the deadlines set by TNRCC under Subsection (c), rather than the 270th day after the applicant receives notice from TNRCC that additional information or material is needed. (c) Requires TNRCC, by rule, to establish a deadline for the submission of additional information or material after the applicant receives notice from TNRCC that the information or material is needed to make the application administratively complete. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1999. Makes application of this Act prospective. SECTION 3. Emergency clause.