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| 5 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 6 | | relating to used and scrap tire handlers. |
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| 8 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 361, Health and Safety |
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| 10 | 9 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 361.0851 to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 10 | | Sec. 361.0851. FINANCIAL ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR USED |
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| 12 | 11 | | AND SCRAP TIRE HANDLERS. (a) In this section, "scrap tire" has the |
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| 13 | 12 | | meaning assigned by Section 361.112. |
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| 14 | 13 | | (b) This section does not apply to a registered used or |
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| 15 | 14 | | scrap tire processor using tires for energy recovery at an on-site |
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| 16 | 15 | | cement kiln or other energy recovery facility identified by |
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| 17 | 16 | | commission rule. |
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| 18 | 17 | | (c) The commission shall require a bond or other financial |
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| 19 | 18 | | assurance as a condition of issuing a registration for the |
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| 20 | 19 | | transportation, storage, or processing of scrap tires. The amount |
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| 21 | 20 | | of the bond or other financial assurance required must be |
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| 22 | 21 | | sufficient to cover the reasonable expenses of an immediate |
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| 23 | 22 | | remedial or removal action under Section 361.1125. |
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| 24 | 23 | | SECTION 2. Section 361.112, Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 25 | 24 | | amended by adding Subsections (o) and (p) to read as follows: |
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| 26 | 25 | | (o) The commission shall require a used or scrap tire |
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| 27 | 26 | | transporter to submit to the commission an annual report on the |
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| 28 | 27 | | records maintained by the transporter under this section. A used or |
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| 29 | 28 | | scrap tire transporter who fails to submit an annual report under |
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| 30 | 29 | | this subsection is not eligible to receive a registration insignia |
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| 31 | 30 | | under Subsection (p). |
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| 32 | 31 | | (p) The commission shall annually issue a registration |
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| 33 | 32 | | insignia to each used or scrap tire transporter. The used or scrap |
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| 34 | 33 | | tire transporter shall display the insignia on each vehicle used to |
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| 35 | 34 | | transport tires under the registration. The insignia expires |
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| 36 | 35 | | annually on a date specified by the commission. The commission may |
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| 37 | 36 | | adopt rules for issuing duplicate and multiple insignia. |
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| 38 | 37 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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