Proposed bill prohibits larger cities from protesting discharge permits

Should larger cities be allowed to protest the discharge permit requests by smaller towns? State Rep. Jason Isaac (R-Dripping Springs) doesn’t think so, and he filed a state House bill to bar larger cities from protesting discharge applications from smaller municipalities.

House Bill 3004, if approved, would keep larger cities from protesting Texas Commission on Environmental Quality applications for the purposes of environmental discharge by small cities.

Isaac said he introduced a similar bill during the 2015 legislative session, but it died on the Senate floor.