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House Bill 3765 |
House Author: Paxton |
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Effective: 9-1-09 |
Senate Sponsor: Averitt |
House Bill 3765 amends the Health and Safety Code to add expenses related to lead-acid battery recycling activities to the authorized uses of money collected and deposited to the credit of the hazardous and solid waste remediation fee account. The bill prohibits the expenses from exceeding 10 percent of the annually appropriated amount of the fees on batteries collected under the Solid Waste Disposal Act, and it specifies that the expenses include expenses for programs for remediation and to create incentives for the adoption of innovative technology in lead-acid battery recycling to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the recycling process or reduce the negative environmental impacts of the recycling process.