Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

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1	1	89R10603 DRS-F
2	2	By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1714
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the provision of solid waste disposal services by
10	10	certain counties; authorizing a fee; creating a criminal offense.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 364.011(a-2), Health and Safety Code, is
13	13	amended to read as follows:
14	14	(a-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a commissioners court
15	15	may, through a competitive bidding process, contract for the
16	16	provision of solid waste collection, handling, storage, and
17	17	disposal in an area of the county located within the
18	18	extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality if:
19	19	(1) the municipality does not provide solid waste
20	20	disposal services in that area; and
21	21	(2) the county:
22	22	(A) has a population of more than 1.5 million and
23	23	at least 70 percent of the population resides in a single
24	24	municipality; or
25	25	(B) has a population of less than 1.3 million and
26	26	contains a municipality with a population of 750,000 or more.
27	27	SECTION 2. Section 791.037(b), Government Code, is amended
28	28	to read as follows:
29	29	(b) This section applies only to a county:
30	30	(1) with a population of more than 1.7 million in which
31	31	more than 70 percent of the population resides in a single
32	32	municipality; or
33	33	(2) with a population of less than 1.3 million that
34	34	contains a municipality with a population of 750,000 or more.
35	35	SECTION 3. Sections 352.082(a) and (c), Local Government
36	36	Code, are amended to read as follows:
37	37	(a) This section applies only to:
38	38	(1) the unincorporated area of a county:
39	39	(A) [(1)] that is adjacent to a county with a
40	40	population of 3.3 million or more; and
41	41	(B) [(2)] in which a planned community is located
42	42	that has 20,000 or more acres of land, that was originally
43	43	established under the Urban Growth and New Community Development
44	44	Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. Section 4501 et seq.), and that is subject to
45	45	restrictive covenants containing ad valorem or annual variable
46	46	budget based assessments on real property; or
47	47	(2) the unincorporated area of a county:
48	48	(A) with a population of less than 1.3 million
49	49	that contains a municipality with a population of 750,000 or more;
50	50	and
51	51	(B) that offers solid waste disposal services to
52	52	persons in its territory.
53	53	(c) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally
54	54	or knowingly burns household refuse outdoors on a lot that is
55	55	either:
56	56	(1) located in the unincorporated area of a county
57	57	described by Subsection (a)(1) and:
58	58	(A) located in a neighborhood; or
59	59	(B) [(2)] smaller than five acres; or
60	60	(2) located in the unincorporated area of a county
61	61	described by Subsection (a)(2), if the commissioners court of the
62	62	county has established a mandatory program under Section 364.034,
63	63	Health and Safety Code, that benefits the lot.
64	64	SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
65	65	an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An
66	66	offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed
67	67	by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former
68	68	law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this
69	69	section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this
70	70	Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date.
71	71	SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
72	72	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
73	73	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
74	74	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
75	75	Act takes effect September 1, 2025.