87R6262 JRR-D
By: Patterson H.B. No. 2708
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of certain fees deposited to the hazardous and
solid waste remediation fee account for environmental remediation
at a closed battery recycling facility site located in a
municipality.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 361.133, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
(c-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), money in the account
attributable to fees imposed under Section 361.138 may be used for
environmental remediation at the site of a closed battery recycling
facility located in the municipal boundaries of a municipality if
the municipality submits to the commission a voluntary compliance
plan for the site and is paying or has paid for part of the costs of
the environmental remediation of the site.
SECTION 2. 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, 2021.