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| 1 | 1 | 89R1328 MZM-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Blanco S.B. No. 1165 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to the authority of certain counties to regulate recycling | |
| 10 | 10 | businesses. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 234, Local Government | |
| 13 | 13 | Code, is amended by adding Section 234.0025 to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | Sec. 234.0025. REGULATION OF RECYCLING BUSINESSES. (a) | |
| 15 | 15 | This section applies only to a county: | |
| 16 | 16 | (1) in which a municipality with a population of | |
| 17 | 17 | 500,000 or more is located; and | |
| 18 | 18 | (2) that is located on an international border. | |
| 19 | 19 | (b) The commissioners court of a county to which this | |
| 20 | 20 | section applies by order may regulate the operation of a recycling | |
| 21 | 21 | business located in the unincorporated area of the county. | |
| 22 | 22 | (c) A commissioners court may not include in an order | |
| 23 | 23 | adopted under this section a requirement that conflicts with a | |
| 24 | 24 | similar requirement prescribed by another law governing a recycling | |
| 25 | 25 | business, including a requirement prescribed by Chapter 396, | |
| 26 | 26 | Transportation Code. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 28 | 28 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 29 | 29 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 30 | 30 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 31 | 31 | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |