Amend HB 2103 as follows: (1) On page 8, between lines 9 and 10, insert: SECTION 7. Subchapter C, Chapter 361, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Section 361.0695 to read as follows: Sec. 361.0695. PUBLIC MEETING AND NOTICE FOR SOLID WASTE FACILITIES. (a) An applicant for a new facility that accepts municipal solid wastes shall hold a public meeting in the county in which the proposed facility is to be located. The meeting must be held before the 45th day after the application is filed. (b) The applicant shall publish notice of the public meeting at least once each week during the three weeks preceding the meeting. The notice must be published in the newspaper of the largest general circulation that is published in the county in which the proposed facility is to be located. If a newspaper is not published in the county, the notice must be published in a newspaper of general circulation in the county. (c) The applicant shall present to the commission an affidavit certifying that the notice was published as required by Subsection (b). The commission's acceptance of the affidavit raises a presumption that the applicant has complied with Subsection (b). (d) The published notice may not be smaller than 96.8 square centimeters or 15 square inches with the shortest dimension not less than 7.5 centimeters or 3 inches. The notice must contain at least the following information: (1) the permit application number; (2) the applicant's name; (3) the proposed location of the facility; and (4) the location and availability of copies of the application. (e) The applicant shall pay the cost of the notice required under this section. The commission by rule may establish a procedure for payment of those costs. (f) The meeting shall include a discussion of: (1) the compatibility of the proposed facility with relevant state or regional solid waste management plans; (2) other sites considered for the proposed facility and the process for selecting the site identified in the application; (3) potential benefits to the local community of constructing the proposed facility including: (A) employment opportunities and related job training to ensure that residents of the host community can compete for skilled and semiskilled employment at the facility; (B) contributions by the facility to the community infrastructure including road maintenance, park development, and litter control; (C) fair and reasonable compensation to owners of real property less than 2,640 feet from the facility for any decrease in the assessed value of the property attributable to the siting of the facility. (4) effects the facility may have on local residents, places of worship, schools, day care centers, or surface water bodies used to supply public drinking water; and (g) The applicant shall mail to the commission a report of the proceedings of the meeting, including summaries of the information discussed and input received at the meeting. The report must be postmarked not later than the 30th day after the date the meeting concludes.