| 1 | 1 | | H.B. No. 3547 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to an order for the closure of unregistered dry cleaning |
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| 6 | 6 | | facilities and dry cleaning drop stations by the Texas Commission |
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| 7 | 7 | | on Environmental Quality. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 374, Health and Safety |
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| 10 | 10 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 374.2511 to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 374.2511. CLOSURE OF UNREGISTERED FACILITY. The |
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| 12 | 12 | | commission may issue a notice of violation to the owner or operator |
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| 13 | 13 | | of a dry cleaning facility or dry cleaning drop station that is not |
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| 14 | 14 | | registered under Section 374.102. The notice must inform the owner |
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| 15 | 15 | | or operator of the nature of the violation and state that the |
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| 16 | 16 | | commission may order the dry cleaning facility or dry cleaning drop |
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| 17 | 17 | | station to cease operation if the violation is not corrected within |
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| 18 | 18 | | 30 days after the receipt of the notice. If the owner or operator |
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| 19 | 19 | | does not correct the violation within the prescribed time, the |
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| 20 | 20 | | commission may order the dry cleaning facility or dry cleaning drop |
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| 21 | 21 | | station to cease operation. |
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| 22 | 22 | | SECTION 2. Section 374.2511, Health and Safety Code, as |
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| 23 | 23 | | added by this Act, applies only to a violation that occurs on or |
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| 24 | 24 | | after the effective date of this Act. A violation that occurs |
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| 25 | 25 | | before the effective date of this Act is covered by the law in |
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| 26 | 26 | | effect on the date the violation occurred, and the former law is |
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| 27 | 27 | | continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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| 29 | 29 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 30 | 30 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 31 | 31 | | I certify that H.B. No. 3547 was passed by the House on May 6, |
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| 32 | 32 | | 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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| 33 | 33 | | voting. |
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| 34 | 34 | | ______________________________ |
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| 35 | 35 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 36 | 36 | | I certify that H.B. No. 3547 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 37 | 37 | | 27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 38 | 38 | | ______________________________ |
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| 39 | 39 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 40 | 40 | | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 41 | 41 | | Date |
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| 42 | 42 | | _____________________ |
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| 43 | 43 | | Governor |
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