Legal Requirements

Permits

A listing of permits and licenses required for conducting business is available on the Governor's website. This includes an alphabetical listing of licenses, permits and registrations by name or type. http://governor.state.tx.us/ecodev/business_resources/sba/.

Should the business discharge pollutants, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality requires various air, water and waste permit authorizations. The necessary environmental authorizations are listed by business type on the TCEQ's website. http://www.tceq.state.tx.us/assistance/sblga/sblga.html.

Permit Assistance

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), Small Business and Local Government Assistance Office, and the Office of the Governor Economic Development & Tourism division have established a relationship to assist companies, which may experience unwarranted delays in their environmental permitting process for projects that could affect job creation or have a high economic impact.