By Horn H.B. No. 2142 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the possession, use, manufacture, installation, 1-3 transportation or sale of chlorofluorocarbons. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 382, Health and Safety Code 1-6 is amended by amending Section 382.0205 to read as follows: 1-7 (a) Consistent with applicable federal law, the board by 1-8 rule may control air contaminants as necessary to protect against 1-9 adverse effects related to: 1-10 (1) acid deposition; 1-11 (2) stratospheric changes, including depletion of 1-12 ozone; and 1-13 (3) climatic changes, including global warming. 1-14 (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) or any other law, a 1-15 person may possess, use, manufacture, purchase, install, transport 1-16 or sell chlorofluorocarbons. 1-17 (c) The possession, use, manufacture, purchase, 1-18 installation, transportation or sale chlorofluorocarbons does not 1-19 subject any person to any penalty, fine, retaliatory action or 1-20 other punitive measure. 1-21 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 1-22 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-23 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-1 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-2 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-3 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.