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| 1 | 1 | 86R14177 SLB-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 2155 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the retention of soil samples and records related to a | |
| 8 | 8 | permit for a municipal solid waste facility issued by the Texas | |
| 9 | 9 | Commission on Environmental Quality; creating an administrative | |
| 10 | 10 | penalty. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 361, Health and Safety | |
| 13 | 13 | Code, is amended by adding Section 361.127 to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | Sec. 361.127. RETENTION OF SAMPLES AND RECORDS RELATING TO | |
| 15 | 15 | MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE FACILITY. (a) The commission shall adopt | |
| 16 | 16 | rules to govern the retention of soil samples and other physical | |
| 17 | 17 | evidence and records of that evidence in relation to a permitted | |
| 18 | 18 | municipal solid waste facility or proposed municipal solid waste | |
| 19 | 19 | facility for which an application has been submitted. | |
| 20 | 20 | (b) Rules adopted under this section must require retention | |
| 21 | 21 | of: | |
| 22 | 22 | (1) soil samples and other physical evidence taken in | |
| 23 | 23 | relation to a permit application for a municipal solid waste | |
| 24 | 24 | facility until a final action has been taken by the commission on | |
| 25 | 25 | the application; and | |
| 26 | 26 | (2) records of soil samples or other physical evidence | |
| 27 | 27 | taken in relation to a permit issued for a municipal solid waste | |
| 28 | 28 | facility until the closure of the facility. | |
| 29 | 29 | (c) A violation of this section is subject to an | |
| 30 | 30 | administrative penalty imposed by the commission under Section | |
| 31 | 31 | 7.051, Water Code. | |
| 32 | 32 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |