86R8523 JAM-F
By: Dominguez H.B. No. 4049
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to regulation and permitting of certain recycling
facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 361.119, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) The commission may not exempt from permit or
registration requirements under this chapter a solid waste facility
that:
(1) receives more than 50 percent of its recyclable
material directly from any combination of:
(A) generators not affiliated with the facility;
(B) the public; or
(C) haulers not affiliated with the facility;
(2) receives no financial compensation to accept any
of the recyclable material it receives; and
(3) shows that the material is potentially recyclable
and has an economically feasible means of being recycled.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall
adopt rules necessary to implement Section 361.119(a-1), Health and
Safety Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.