By: Hancock S.B. No. 1114
(In the Senate - Filed February 22, 2023; March 9, 2023,
read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources &
Economic Development; April 4, 2023, reported adversely, with
favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays
1; April 4, 2023, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1114 By: Hancock
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a political subdivision to regulate
the use or sale of a product for the purpose of reducing greenhouse
gas emissions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 250, Local Government Code, is amended
by adding Section 250.014 to read as follows:
Sec. 250.014. REGULATION OF PRODUCTS FOR EMISSIONS
REDUCTION PROHIBITED. (a) In this section, "greenhouse gas
emissions" has the meaning assigned by Section 382.05102, Health
and Safety Code.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a political subdivision,
for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, may not adopt
or enforce an ordinance, order, regulation, or other measure that
prohibits or restricts the use or sale of a product that is
otherwise permitted by state and federal law.
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, 2023.
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