By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1436
(In the Senate - Filed March 12, 2015; March 18, 2015, read
first time and referred to Committee on Transportation;
April 7, 2015, rereferred to Committee on Intergovernmental
Relations; April 29, 2015, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 6, Nays 1; April 29, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the setback requirements for a junkyard or an
automotive wrecking and salvage yard.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 396.022(a), Transportation Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) A junkyard or an automotive wrecking and salvage yard
may not be located:
(1) within 50 feet of the right-of-way of a public
street or[,] state highway;[,] or
(2) within 50 feet of the nearest property line of a
residence.
SECTION 2. Section 396.022(a), Transportation Code, as
amended by this Act, applies only to a junkyard or an automotive
wrecking and salvage yard that begins operating on or after the
effective date of this Act. A junkyard or an automotive wrecking
and salvage yard operating before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law applicable immediately before the effective
date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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