Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2452 Compare Versions

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1	1	By: Cole H.B. No. 2452
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6	6	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
7	7	AN ACT
8	8	relating to the provision of solid waste disposal services by
9	9	certain counties; authorizing a fee; creating a criminal offense.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 364.011(a-2), Health and Safety Code, is
12	12	amended to read as follows:
13	13	(a-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a commissioners court
14	14	may, through a competitive bidding process, contract for the
15	15	provision of solid waste collection, handling, storage, and
16	16	disposal in an area of the county located within the
17	17	extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality if:
18	18	(1) the municipality does not provide solid waste
19	19	disposal services in that area; and
20	20	(2) the county:
21	21	(A) has a population of more than 1.5 million and
22	22	at least 70 percent of the population resides in a single
23	23	municipality; or
24	24	(B) has a population of less than 1.3 million and
25	25	contains a municipality with a population of 750,000 or more.
26	26	SECTION 2. Section 791.037(b), Government Code, is amended
27	27	to read as follows:
28	28	(b) This section applies only to a county:
29	29	(1) with a population of more than 1.7 million in which
30	30	more than 70 percent of the population resides in a single
31	31	municipality; or
32	32	(2) with a population of less than 1.3 million that
33	33	contains a municipality with a population of 750,000 or more.
34	34	SECTION 3. Sections 352.082(a) and (c), Local Government
35	35	Code, are amended to read as follows:
36	36	(a) This section applies only to:
37	37	(1) the unincorporated area of a county:
38	38	(A) [(1)] that is adjacent to a county with a
39	39	population of 3.3 million or more; and
40	40	(B) [(2)] in which a planned community is located
41	41	that has 20,000 or more acres of land, that was originally
42	42	established under the Urban Growth and New Community Development
43	43	Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. Section 4501 et seq.), and that is subject to
44	44	restrictive covenants containing ad valorem or annual variable
45	45	budget based assessments on real property; or
46	46	(2) the unincorporated area of a county:
47	47	(A) with a population of less than 1.3 million
48	48	that contains a municipality with a population of 750,000 or more;
49	49	and
50	50	(B) that offers solid waste disposal services to
51	51	persons in its territory.
52	52	(c) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally
53	53	or knowingly burns household refuse outdoors on a lot that is
54	54	either:
55	55	(1) located in the unincorporated area of a county
56	56	described by Subsection (a)(1) and:
57	57	(A) located in a neighborhood; or
58	58	(B) [(2)] smaller than five acres; or
59	59	(2) located in the unincorporated area of a county
60	60	described by Subsection (a)(2), if the commissioners court of the
61	61	county has established a mandatory program under Section 364.034,
62	62	Health and Safety Code, that benefits the lot.
63	63	SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
64	64	an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An
65	65	offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed
66	66	by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former
67	67	law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this
68	68	section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this
69	69	Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.
70	70	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
71	71	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
72	72	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
73	73	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
74	74	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.