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| 1 | 1 | 85R25226 JRR-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: King of Hemphill H.B. No. 1856 | |
| 3 | - | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1856: | |
| 4 | - | By: Pickett C.S.H.B. No. 1856 | |
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| 6 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 7 | relating to the creation of a defense under the Solid Waste Disposal | |
| 10 | 8 | Act for persons engaged in certain scrap metal recycling | |
| 11 | 9 | transactions. | |
| 12 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 13 | 11 | SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 361, Health and Safety | |
| 14 | 12 | Code, is amended by adding Section 361.2755 to read as follows: | |
| 15 | 13 | Sec. 361.2755. RECYCLED SCRAP METAL; DEFENSE. (a) In this | |
| 16 | 14 | section, "scrap metal" has the meaning assigned by 42 U.S.C. | |
| 17 | 15 | Section 9627(d)(3). | |
| 18 | 16 | (b) A person who arranges for recycling of scrap metal is | |
| 19 | 17 | not responsible for the scrap metal under Section 361.271(a)(3) or | |
| 20 | 18 | (4) if the person can establish by a preponderance of the evidence | |
| 21 | 19 | that the person meets the criteria established in 42 U.S.C. Section | |
| 22 | 20 | 9627 relating to recycling scrap metal. | |
| 23 | 21 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |