S.B. No. 819 AN ACT relating to the disposal of demolition waste from abandoned or nuisance buildings by certain local governments. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 361.126, Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) The commission may issue a permit by rule to authorize the governing body of a county or municipality with a population of 12,000 [10,000] or less to dispose of demolition waste from a building if the disposal occurs on land that: (1) the county or municipality owns or controls; and (2) would qualify for an arid exemption under commission rules. 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, 2013. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I hereby certify that S.B. No. 819 passed the Senate on March 27, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate I hereby certify that S.B. No. 819 passed the House on May 17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, three present not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House Approved: ______________________________ Date ______________________________ Governor