83R9690 JRR-F
By: King of Zavala H.B. No. 2998
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the insurance requirement concerning a permit
application for applying Class B sludge on a land application unit.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 361.121(n), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(n) The insurance requirements under Subsections (h)(2) and
(3) do not apply to an applicant that is:
(1) a political subdivision; or
(2) a small business, as defined by Section 2006.001,
Government Code, that owns the land application unit.
SECTION 2. Section 361.121(n), Health and Safety Code, as
amended by this Act, applies only to an application for a permit,
amendment to a permit, or permit renewal for applying Class B sludge
on a land application unit filed with the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality on or after the effective date of this Act.
An application filed with the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law
in effect at the time the application is filed, and the current law
is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.