SB763

The introduced bill proposed a six-year review of the standard permit and of each authorization, and also proposed changes to the separate permit law in Section 382.05198. The Senate substitute removed the individual-authorization renewal reviews and the separate Section 382.05198 changes, but retained a six-year standard-permit review including available background pollution concentrations. Introduced; Senate substitute; Separate concrete-plant permit statute.

The House substitute changed six years to ten and removed the express background-concentration language. The conference compromise changed ten years to eight without restoring that language. The conference text and side-by-side comparison were read and checked against the enrolled act; both chambers adopted the report May 31. No separate floor amendments are listed in the amendment index—the material changes were in committee substitutes and conference. House substitute; Conference report and comparison; Amendment index; Enrolled eight-year requirement.

Compare the published text versions in the official text index. A change is not attributed to a specific amendment here without a verified record.

Neighbors gain a recurring review requirement for the covered standard permits; operators gain explicit time to adjust if the permit changes. The final law requires a protectiveness review but does not dictate its outcome or guarantee an emissions reduction. The removed six-year authorization-review and express background-pollution provisions are not new requirements under this act. Final scope; Compromise comparison.

All six available fiscal-note versions were reviewed. The May 30 conference note anticipates no significant state or local-government fiscal impact and assumes state costs can be absorbed using existing resources. It supplies no dollar estimate for plant upgrades, household health benefits or compliance savings. Conference fiscal note; All fiscal versions.