1-1 By: Kamel, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Ratliff) H.B. No. 160
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 10, 1995;
1-3 April 11, 1995, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Intergovernmental Relations; May 10, 1995, reported favorably, as
1-5 amended, by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 10, 1995, sent
1-6 to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Galloway
1-8 Amend H.B. 160 as follows:
1-9 On page 1, line 9, insert the following after the period:
1-10 "The commissioner's court may not adopt regulations under this
1-11 section concerning the disposal of recyclable materials as defined
1-12 in Section 361 of the Health and Safety Code."
1-13 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-14 AN ACT
1-15 relating to the regulation of litter by counties.
1-16 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-17 SECTION 1. Section 365.017(a), Health and Safety Code, is
1-18 amended to read as follows:
1-19 (a) The commissioners court of a county <with a population
1-20 of one million or more> may adopt regulations to control the
1-21 disposal of litter and the removal of illegally dumped litter from
1-22 private property in unincorporated areas of that county.
1-23 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
1-24 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-25 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-26 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-27 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
1-28 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
1-29 passage, and it is so enacted.
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