| 1 | 1 | | 88R6477 DRS-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Campos H.B. No. 1866 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the county provision of solid waste disposal services. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 364.011(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 10 | 10 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (a) Subject to [the limitation provided by] Sections |
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| 12 | 12 | | 361.151 and 361.152 [(Solid Waste Disposal Act),] and [subject] to |
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| 13 | 13 | | Subsection (a-1): |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) [,] a commissioners court of a county with a |
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| 15 | 15 | | population of 500,000 or less by rule may regulate solid waste |
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| 16 | 16 | | collection, handling, storage, and disposal in areas of the county |
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| 17 | 17 | | not in a municipality or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a |
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| 18 | 18 | | municipality; and |
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| 19 | 19 | | (2) a commissioners court of a county with a |
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| 20 | 20 | | population of more than 500,000 shall regulate solid waste |
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| 21 | 21 | | collection, handling, storage, and disposal in areas of the county |
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| 22 | 22 | | not in a municipality or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a |
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| 23 | 23 | | municipality. |
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| 24 | 24 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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