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1	1	83R9571 JXC-D
2	2	By: Allen H.B. No. 2368
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to a study on waste reduction and a statewide waste
8	8	reduction plan.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act:
11	11	(1) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on
12	12	Environmental Quality.
13	13	(2) "Recycling" has the meaning assigned by Section
14	14	361.421, Health and Safety Code.
15	15	(3) "Waste reduction" means reducing the amount and
16	16	toxicity of waste, including:
17	17	(A) source reduction, as that term is defined by
18	18	Section 361.421, Health and Safety Code;
19	19	(B) reusing materials or diverting materials
20	20	from a waste stream; and
21	21	(C) recycling.
22	22	SECTION 2. ADVISORY COMMITTEE; STUDY. (a) The commission
23	23	shall convene an advisory committee established under Chapter 361,
24	24	Health and Safety Code.
25	25	(b) The commission and the advisory committee shall conduct
26	26	a study regarding waste reduction in this state. The study must:
27	27	(1) assess current waste reduction efforts and
28	28	identify ways in which the private and public sectors can improve
29	29	and increase those efforts;
30	30	(2) assess the effectiveness of waste reduction
31	31	statutes, regulations, and programs in this state;
32	32	(3) assess the extent to which waste reduction
33	33	programs in this state are duplicative;
34	34	(4) investigate available funding for waste reduction
35	35	programs in this state;
36	36	(5) review waste reduction education programs in this
37	37	state;
38	38	(6) review standards in use in this state for:
39	39	(A) training and certification of waste
40	40	reduction professionals; and
41	41	(B) reporting amounts of waste recycled;
42	42	(7) review waste reduction best practices;
43	43	(8) assess the economic effects of waste reduction;
44	44	(9) assess job creation opportunities associated with
45	45	recycling; and
46	46	(10) review recycling activities in this state,
47	47	including the materials being recycled and the facilities and
48	48	programs that accept or use recycled materials in this state.
49	49	(c) The advisory committee shall prepare a written report on
50	50	the results of the study, submit the report to the commission, and
51	51	collaborate with the commission to publish the study on the
52	52	commission's Internet website.
53	53	SECTION 3. GOAL UPDATE. The commission shall use the report
54	54	described by Section 2 of this Act to reassess whether the source
55	55	reduction and recycling goal established under Section 361.422,
56	56	Health and Safety Code, is being achieved and how the goal might be
57	57	updated.
58	58	SECTION 4. PLAN UPDATES. The commission shall recommend to
59	59	each entity that has adopted a solid waste management plan under
60	60	Subchapter D, Chapter 363, Health and Safety Code, ways in which the
61	61	entity can update the plan based on the report described by Section
62	62	2 of this Act.
63	63	SECTION 5. REPORT TO LEGISLATURE. Not later than December
64	64	1, 2014, the commission shall submit to the lieutenant governor,
65	65	the speaker of the house of representatives, and the presiding
66	66	officer of the standing committee of each house of the legislature
67	67	with primary jurisdiction over environmental matters a report that
68	68	includes the results of the study described by Section 2 of this
69	69	Act.
70	70	SECTION 6. EXPIRATION. This Act expires August 31, 2015.
71	71	SECTION 7. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect
72	72	immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members
73	73	elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas
74	74	Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for
75	75	immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2013.