By: Geren H.B. No. 3071
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3071:
By: Landgraf C.S.H.B. No. 3071
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to cancellation of certain solid waste disposal permits
issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 361, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 361.1201 to read as fellows:
Sec. 361.1201. CANCELLATION OF CERTAIN LANDFILL PERMITS.
(a) This section applies only to a facility that is located in:
(1) a county with a population of more than 2.1
million; and
(2) the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the county's
principal municipality with a population of more than 900,000.
(b) The commission shall cancel a permit issued for a
municipal solid waste landfill facility if:
(1) the facility has not accepted waste for a period of
25 consecutive years; and
(2) if the permit was issued to the owner of the
facility, the person to whom the permit was issued no longer owns
the facility.
(c) If the commission cancels a permit under this section,
it may not approve a subsequent permit application for a municipal
solid waste landfill facility that was the subject of the cancelled
permit.
SECTION 2. Section 361.1201(2), Health and Safety Code, as
added by this Act, applies only to the transfer of ownership of a
municipal solid waste facility that occurs on or after the
effective date of this Act. A transfer of ownership that occurred
before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it
existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that
law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.