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AN ACT
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relating to an order for the closure of unregistered dry cleaning  | 
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facilities and dry cleaning drop stations by the Texas Commission  | 
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on Environmental Quality. | 
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       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
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       SECTION 1.  Subchapter F, Chapter 374, Health and Safety  | 
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Code, is amended by adding Section 374.2511 to read as follows: | 
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       Sec. 374.2511.  CLOSURE OF UNREGISTERED FACILITY.  The  | 
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commission may issue a notice of violation to the owner or operator  | 
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of a dry cleaning facility or dry cleaning drop station that is not  | 
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registered under Section 374.102.  The notice must inform the owner  | 
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or operator of the nature of the violation and state that the  | 
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commission may order the dry cleaning facility or dry cleaning drop  | 
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station to cease operation if the violation is not corrected within  | 
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30 days after the receipt of the notice.  If the owner or operator  | 
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does not correct the violation within the prescribed time, the  | 
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commission may order the dry cleaning facility or dry cleaning drop  | 
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station to cease operation. | 
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       SECTION 2.  Section 374.2511, Health and Safety Code, as  | 
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added by this Act, applies only to a violation that occurs on or  | 
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after the effective date of this Act.  A violation that occurs  | 
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before the effective date of this Act is covered by the law in  | 
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effect on the date the violation occurred, and the former law is  | 
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continued in effect for that purpose. | 
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       SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.   | 
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   President of the Senate | 
Speaker of the House      | 
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       I certify that H.B. No. 3547 was passed by the House on May 6,  | 
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2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not  | 
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voting. | 
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Chief Clerk of the House    | 
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       I certify that H.B. No. 3547 was passed by the Senate on May  | 
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27, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
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Secretary of the Senate     | 
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APPROVED:  _____________________ | 
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                 Governor        |