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