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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the expiration of the dry cleaner environmental |
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response program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 374.253(a), (b), and (c), Health and |
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Safety Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) This chapter expires on September 1, 2041 [2021]. |
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(b) A corrective action, including any administrative |
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duties associated with the action, for which remediation of a |
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contaminated site has begun before September 1, 2041 [2021], shall |
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be completed in accordance with this chapter using money from the |
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fund, to the extent possible, but money may not be collected for or |
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added to the fund on or after that date. |
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(c) The commission may continue a corrective action that has |
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not progressed beyond the investigative or planning stage after |
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September 1, 2041 [2021], to the extent money from the fund is |
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available. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |