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| 1 | 1 | 86R11536 BRG-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1499 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to a prohibition on the issuance by the Railroad | |
| 8 | 8 | Commission of Texas of a permit for a commercial surface disposal | |
| 9 | 9 | facility located near a school. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 91, Natural Resources | |
| 12 | 12 | Code, is amended by adding Section 91.118 to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 91.118. COMMERCIAL SURFACE DISPOSAL FACILITY | |
| 14 | 14 | PROHIBITED NEAR SCHOOL. (a) In this section, "commercial surface | |
| 15 | 15 | disposal facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 91.116. | |
| 16 | 16 | (b) The commission may not approve an application for a | |
| 17 | 17 | commercial surface disposal facility if any part of the site of the | |
| 18 | 18 | facility is located less than two miles from a school. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 20 | 20 | to an application for a permit that is pending before the Railroad | |
| 21 | 21 | Commission of Texas on or after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 23 | 23 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 24 | 24 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 26 | 26 | Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |