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TX HB1946

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/17/2025

Primary Sponsor

Shelley Luther

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Origin

House of Representatives

89th Legislature Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Requires the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to deny air permit applications for permanent cement production plants, including cement kilns, that would be located within 10 miles of a semiconductor wafer manufacturing facility

  • Defines "semiconductor wafer manufacturing facility" as a facility that includes processes such as growing single-crystal ingots, wafer slicing, etching and polishing, bonding, cleaning, epitaxial deposition, or metrology

  • Applies to permit applications subject to new source review under the Texas Clean Air Act

  • Takes effect September 1, 2025

Legislative Description

Relating to the denial of certain applications for a permit or other authorization under the Texas Clean Air Act on the basis of proximity to a semiconductor wafer manufacturing facility.

PERMITS

Last Action

Referred to Environmental Regulation

3/14/2025

Committee Referrals

Environmental Regulation3/14/2025

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