Texas 2019 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB3045 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/04/2019

                    86R10213 SCL-D
 By: Nevárez H.B. No. 3045


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the provision of solid waste disposal services in the
 extraterritorial jurisdiction of certain municipalities.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 364, Health and Safety
 Code, is amended by adding Section 364.0341 to read as follows:
 Sec. 364.0341.  SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL SERVICES IN
 EXTRATERRITORIAL JURISDICTION OF CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. (a) This
 section applies only to a municipality wholly or partly located in a
 county with a population of more than 54,000 and less than 54,500.
 (b)  Notwithstanding Sections 364.011(a) and 364.034(a), a
 county may offer, require the use of, and charge a fee for solid
 waste disposal services in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a
 municipality.
 (c)  A municipality may not provide solid waste disposal
 services or charge a fee for those services in the municipality's
 extraterritorial jurisdiction if the county provides those
 services under Subsection (b).
 SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.