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| 1 | 1 | 86R8523 JAM-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Dominguez H.B. No. 4049 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to regulation and permitting of certain recycling | |
| 8 | 8 | facilities. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 361.119, Health and Safety Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (a-1) The commission may not exempt from permit or | |
| 13 | 13 | registration requirements under this chapter a solid waste facility | |
| 14 | 14 | that: | |
| 15 | 15 | (1) receives more than 50 percent of its recyclable | |
| 16 | 16 | material directly from any combination of: | |
| 17 | 17 | (A) generators not affiliated with the facility; | |
| 18 | 18 | (B) the public; or | |
| 19 | 19 | (C) haulers not affiliated with the facility; | |
| 20 | 20 | (2) receives no financial compensation to accept any | |
| 21 | 21 | of the recyclable material it receives; and | |
| 22 | 22 | (3) shows that the material is potentially recyclable | |
| 23 | 23 | and has an economically feasible means of being recycled. | |
| 24 | 24 | SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | |
| 25 | 25 | of this Act, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall | |
| 26 | 26 | adopt rules necessary to implement Section 361.119(a-1), Health and | |
| 27 | 27 | Safety Code, as added by this Act. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |