By Madla S.B. No. 672 74R4041 MI-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the recordation in county deed records of certain solid 1-3 waste activities; imposing a civil penalty. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 361, Health and Safety 1-6 Code, is amended by adding Section 361.116 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 361.116. RECORDATION IN DEED RECORDS OF CERTAIN SOLID 1-8 WASTE ACTIVITIES REQUIRED. (a) An owner of real property who 1-9 knows or has reason to know that an activity for which a permit is 1-10 required under this chapter, or an activity that is exempted under 1-11 Section 361.090 or Section 361.111, has been conducted on the 1-12 property shall file in the deed records in the county in which the 1-13 property is located the statement described by Subsection (b). 1-14 (b) The statement required by this section must: 1-15 (1) identify the specific site on which the activities 1-16 described by Subsection (a) were conducted; 1-17 (2) describe in detail the nature of the activities 1-18 conducted; and 1-19 (3) specifically identify: 1-20 (A) the type of solid waste stored, processed, 1-21 or disposed of on the site; and 1-22 (B) any by-product produced by the processing of 1-23 solid waste on the site that is potentially harmful to public 1-24 health or the environment. 2-1 (c) The conveyance of an interest, other than a mineral or 2-2 security interest, in property described by Subsection (a) by an 2-3 owner subject to this section who has not first complied with this 2-4 section is a deceptive act under Section 17.46, Business & Commerce 2-5 Code. 2-6 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 2-7 (b) The change in law made by Section 361.116, Health and 2-8 Safety Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a conveyance of 2-9 real property as described by that section that occurs on or after 2-10 September 1, 1995. 2-11 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-12 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-13 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-14 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-15 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.