By Horn H.B. No. 352 75R2077 MI-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the possession, use, manufacture, purchase, 1-3 installation, transportation, or sale of chlorofluorocarbons. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 382.0205, Health and Safety Code, is 1-6 amended to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 382.0205. SPECIAL PROBLEMS RELATED TO AIR CONTAMINANT 1-8 EMISSIONS. (a) Consistent with applicable federal law, the 1-9 commission by rule may control air contaminants as necessary to 1-10 protect against adverse effects related to: 1-11 (1) acid deposition; 1-12 (2) stratospheric changes, including depletion of 1-13 ozone; and 1-14 (3) climatic changes, including global warming. 1-15 (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a) or any other law, the 1-16 commission may not prohibit the possession, use, manufacture, 1-17 purchase, installation, transport, or sale of chlorofluorocarbons. 1-18 (c) The possession, use, manufacture, purchase, 1-19 installation, transportation, or sale of chlorofluorocarbons does 1-20 not subject a person to a penalty, fine, or other punitive measure. 1-21 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 1-22 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-23 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-24 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-1 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-2 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.