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| 1 | + | 89R13632 DRS-D | |
| 1 | 2 | By: Geren H.B. No. 3071 | |
| 2 | - | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3071: | |
| 3 | - | By: Landgraf C.S.H.B. No. 3071 | |
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| 8 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 9 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 10 | 9 | relating to cancellation of certain solid waste disposal permits | |
| 11 | 10 | issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. | |
| 12 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 13 | 12 | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 361, Health and Safety | |
| 14 | - | Code, is amended by adding Section 361.1201 to read as | |
| 13 | + | Code, is amended by adding Section 361.1201 to read as follows: | |
| 15 | 14 | Sec. 361.1201. CANCELLATION OF CERTAIN LANDFILL PERMITS. | |
| 16 | - | (a) This section applies only to a facility that is located in: | |
| 17 | - | (1) a county with a population of more than 2.1 | |
| 18 | - | million; and | |
| 19 | - | (2) the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the county's | |
| 20 | - | principal municipality with a population of more than 900,000. | |
| 21 | - | (b) The commission shall cancel a permit issued for a | |
| 22 | - | municipal solid waste landfill facility if: | |
| 15 | + | The commission shall cancel a permit issued for a municipal solid | |
| 16 | + | waste landfill facility if: | |
| 23 | 17 | (1) the facility has not accepted waste for a period of | |
| 24 | - | 25 consecutive years; | |
| 18 | + | 25 consecutive years; or | |
| 25 | 19 | (2) if the permit was issued to the owner of the | |
| 26 | 20 | facility, the person to whom the permit was issued no longer owns | |
| 27 | 21 | the facility. | |
| 28 | - | (c) If the commission cancels a permit under this section, | |
| 29 | - | it may not approve a subsequent permit application for a municipal | |
| 30 | - | solid waste landfill facility that was the subject of the cancelled | |
| 31 | - | permit. | |
| 32 | 22 | SECTION 2. Section 361.1201(2), Health and Safety Code, as | |
| 33 | 23 | added by this Act, applies only to the transfer of ownership of a | |
| 34 | 24 | municipal solid waste facility that occurs on or after the | |
| 35 | 25 | effective date of this Act. A transfer of ownership that occurred | |
| 36 | 26 | before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it | |
| 37 | 27 | existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that | |
| 38 | 28 | law is continued in effect for that purpose. | |
| 39 | 29 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |