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| 1 | 1 | By: Farabee H.B. No. 2848 | |
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| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to county authority to regulate solid waste collection, | |
| 7 | 7 | handling, storage and disposal in areas of the county not in a | |
| 8 | 8 | municipality. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 364.011(a), Health and Safety Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (a) Subject to the limitation provided by Sections 361.151 | |
| 13 | 13 | and 361.152 (Solid Waste Disposal Act), a commissioners court by | |
| 14 | 14 | rule may regulate solid waste collection, handling, storage, and | |
| 15 | 15 | disposal in areas of the county not in a municipality [or the | |
| 16 | 16 | extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality]. | |
| 17 | 17 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 18 | 18 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 19 | 19 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 20 | 20 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 21 | 21 | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |