1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the disposal or temporary storage of litter or solid
1-3 waste.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 365.011(1), Health and Safety Code, is
1-6 amended to read as follows:
1-7 (1) "Approved solid waste site" means:
1-8 (A) a solid waste site permitted or registered
1-9 by the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission;
1-10 (B) a solid waste site licensed by a county
1-11 under Chapter 361; or
1-12 (C) a designated collection area for ultimate
1-13 disposal at a permitted or licensed municipal solid waste site.
1-14 SECTION 2. Section 365.012, Health and Safety Code, is
1-15 amended by amending Subsection (j), adding a new Subsection (k),
1-16 and relettering existing Subsection (k) as Subsection (l) to read
1-17 as follows:
1-18 (j) This section does not apply to the [disposal of, or]
1-19 temporary storage for future disposal of [,] litter or other solid
1-20 waste by a person on land owned by that person, or by that person's
1-21 agent. The commission by rule shall regulate temporary storage for
1-22 future disposal of litter or other solid waste by a person on land
1-23 owned by the person or the person's agent.
1-24 (k) This section does not apply to an individual's disposal
2-1 of litter or other solid waste if:
2-2 (1) the litter or waste is generated on land the
2-3 individual owns;
2-4 (2) the litter or waste is not generated as a result
2-5 of an activity related to a commercial purpose;
2-6 (3) the disposal occurs on land the individual owns;
2-7 and
2-8 (4) the disposal is not for a commercial purpose.
2-9 (l) [(k)] A municipality or county may offer a reward of $50
2-10 for reporting a violation of this section that results in a
2-11 prosecution under this section.
2-12 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-13 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-14 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-15 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-16 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-17 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-18 passage, and it is so enacted.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 717 was passed by the House on March
25, 1997, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in
Senate amendments to H.B. No. 717 on May 12, 1997, by the following
vote: Yeas 138, Nays 0, 1 present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 717 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 8, 1997, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays
0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor