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1		-	By: King of Uvalde (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 1584
2		-	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 24, 2017;
3		-	May 2, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on
4		-	Intergovernmental Relations; May 4, 2017, reported favorably by
5		-	the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 4, 2017, sent to printer.)
6		-	Click here to see the committee vote
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9		-	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
10	4		AN ACT
11	5		relating to the implementation of county solid waste management
12	6		programs in certain counties.
13	7		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
14	8		SECTION 1. Section 364.011, Health and Safety Code, is
15	9		amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to
16	10		read as follows:
17	11		(a) Subject to the limitation provided by Sections 361.151
18	12		and 361.152 (Solid Waste Disposal Act), and subject to Subsection
19	13		(a-1), a commissioners court by rule may regulate solid waste
20	14		collection, handling, storage, and disposal in areas of the county
21	15		not in a municipality or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a
22	16		municipality.
23	17		(a-1) A commissioners court by rule may regulate solid waste
24	18		collection, handling, storage, and disposal by establishing a
25	19		mandatory program under Section 364.034 in an area of the county
26	20		located within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality
27	21		if:
28	22		(1) the municipality does not provide solid waste
29	23		disposal services in that area; and
30	24		(2) the county:
31	25		(A) is adjacent to the United Mexican States;
32	26		(B) has a population of less than 300,000; and
33	27		(C) contains a municipality with a population of
34	28		200,000 or more.
35	29		SECTION 2. Section 364.034, Health and Safety Code, is
36	30		amended by adding Subsections (a-1) and (a-2) to read as follows:
37	31		(a-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(2), a person is not
38	32		required to use solid waste disposal services offered by a county,
39	33		as authorized under Section 364.011(a-1), to persons in an area of
40	34		the county located within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a
41	35		municipality if:
42	36		(1) the person contracts for solid waste disposal
43	37		services with a provider that meets rules adopted by the commission
44	38		for the regulation of solid waste disposal; or
45	39		(2) the person is a private entity that contracts to
46	40		provide temporary solid waste disposal services to a construction
47	41		site or project by furnishing a roll-off container used to
48	42		transport construction waste or demolition debris to a facility for
49	43		disposal or recycling.
50	44		(a-2) Subsection (a-1) does not affect the authority of a
51	45		governmental entity to pursue actions under Subchapter B, Chapter
52	46		365, to address illegal dumping.
53	47		SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
54	48		a contract for private solid waste collection, handling, storage,
55	49		or disposal entered into on or after the effective date of this Act.
56	50		A contract for private solid waste collection, handling, storage,
57	51		or disposal entered into before the effective date of this Act is
58	52		governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date
59	53		of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
60	54		SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
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	55	+	______________________________ ______________________________
	56	+	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
	57	+	I certify that H.B. No. 1584 was passed by the House on April
	58	+	20, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	59	+	voting.
	60	+	______________________________
	61	+	Chief Clerk of the House
	62	+	I certify that H.B. No. 1584 was passed by the Senate on May
	63	+	12, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
	64	+	______________________________
	65	+	Secretary of the Senate
	66	+	APPROVED: _____________________
	67	+	Date
	68	+	_____________________
	69	+	Governor