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TX HB3997
Bill
Status
3/6/2025
Primary Sponsor
Jared Patterson
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AI Summary
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Requires the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to establish an expedited permit application review process for projects to construct or modify liquefied natural gas (LNG) export terminals
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Applicants electing expedited review must pay an additional fee set by the commission to cover expedited review costs
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Executive director must issue written responses to relevant public comments within 120 days after the public comment period closes
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Contested case hearings must be delegated to the State Office of Administrative Hearings (SOAH), with preliminary hearings required within 30 days of referral (with one possible 15-day extension)
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Parties requesting contested case hearings must specify reasons they qualify as an affected person, and administrative law judges may only consider those stated reasons when determining standing
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Applies only to permit applications filed on or after September 1, 2025; pending applications remain under prior law
Legislative Description
Relating to permit application review and contested case procedures for environmental permits involving a project to construct or modify a liquefied natural gas export terminal; authorizing a fee.
Energy
Last Action
Reported favorably as substituted
4/25/2025