86R3020 MP-D
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 778
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the application process for certain solid waste
facility permits.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 361.069 and 361.120(e), Health and
Safety Code, are repealed.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an application for a permit that is submitted to the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality on or after the effective date
of this Act. An application for a permit that was submitted to the
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality before the effective date
of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the
application was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for
that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.