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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of certain counties to issue revenue |
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bonds for certain solid waste management projects. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 364.051, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) This subsection applies only to a county that is |
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adjacent to the United Mexican States and has a population of more |
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than 700,000 and contains at least two municipalities that each |
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have a population of 77,000 or more. A county may: |
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(1) issue bonds secured by revenue without holding an |
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election; and |
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(2) use the proceeds of bonds issued under this |
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subsection to construct, operate, and maintain a facility for the |
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disposal of scrap tires or other solid waste. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |