| 1 | 1 | | By: Elkins (Senate Sponsor - Estes) H.B. No. 1515 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2017; |
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| 3 | 3 | | May 8, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural |
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| 4 | 4 | | Resources & Economic Development; May 17, 2017, reported favorably |
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| 5 | 5 | | by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 3; May 17, 2017, sent to |
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| 6 | 6 | | printer.) |
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| 7 | 7 | | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 10 | 10 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 11 | 11 | | AN ACT |
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| 12 | 12 | | relating to the expiration of the dry cleaner environmental |
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| 13 | 13 | | response program. |
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| 14 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 1. Sections 374.253(a), (b), and (c), Health and |
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| 16 | 16 | | Safety Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (a) This chapter expires on September 1, 2050 [2021]. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (b) A corrective action, including any administrative |
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| 19 | 19 | | duties associated with the action, for which remediation of a |
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| 20 | 20 | | contaminated site has begun before September 1, 2050 [2021], shall |
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| 21 | 21 | | be completed in accordance with this chapter using money from the |
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| 22 | 22 | | fund, to the extent possible, but money may not be collected for or |
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| 23 | 23 | | added to the fund on or after that date. |
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| 24 | 24 | | (c) The commission may continue a corrective action that has |
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| 25 | 25 | | not progressed beyond the investigative or planning stage after |
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| 26 | 26 | | September 1, 2050 [2021], to the extent money from the fund is |
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| 27 | 27 | | available. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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| 29 | 29 | | * * * * * |
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