1-1 By: Bosse, Krusee (Senate Sponsor - Whitmire) H.B. No. 717
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House March 26, 1997;
1-3 April 2, 1997, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
1-4 Resources; May 1, 1997, reported favorably, as amended, by the
1-5 following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 1; May 1, 1997, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Barrientos
1-7 Amend H.B. No. 717 as follows:
1-8 (1) On page 1, between lines 40 and 41, insert:
1-9 SECTION 1. Section 365.011(1), Health and Safety Code, is
1-10 amended to read as follows:
1-11 (1) "Approved solid waste site" means:
1-12 (A) a solid waste site permitted or registered
1-13 by the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission;
1-14 (B) a solid waste site licensed by a county
1-15 under Chapter 361; or
1-16 (C) a designated collection area for ultimate
1-17 disposal at a permitted or licensed municipal solid waste site.
1-18 (2) On page 1, line 41, strike "1" and substitute "2".
1-19 (3) On page 1, line 52, strike "2" and substitute "3".
1-20 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 2 By: Lucio
1-21 Amend HB 717 (House Enrolled version) as follows:
1-22 -strike lines 43-51 and insert in their place the following
1-23 language:
1-24 (j) This section does not apply to the temporary storage for
1-25 future disposal of litter or other solid waste on land owned by
1-26 that person, or by that person's agent. The Commission shall
1-27 promulgate regulations defining temporary storage.
1-28 (k) This section does not apply to an individual's disposal of
1-29 litter or other solid waste if:
1-30 (1) the litter or waste is generated on land the individual
1-31 owns;
1-32 (2) the disposal occurs on land the individual owns; and
1-33 (3) the disposal is not for or resulting from a commercial
1-34 purpose.
1-35 -reletter all subsequent sections.
1-36 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-37 AN ACT
1-38 relating to the disposal or temporary storage of litter or solid
1-39 waste.
1-40 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-41 SECTION 1. Section 365.012(j), Health and Safety Code, is
1-42 amended to read as follows:
1-43 (j) This section does not apply to an individual's [the]
1-44 disposal of, or temporary storage for future disposal of, litter or
1-45 other solid waste if:
1-46 (1) the litter or waste is generated on land the
1-47 individual owns;
1-48 (2) the disposal or storage occurs on land the
1-49 individual owns; and
1-50 (3) the disposal is not for a commercial purpose [by a
1-51 person on land owned by that person, or by that person's agent].
1-52 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
1-53 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-54 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-55 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-56 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
1-57 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
1-58 passage, and it is so enacted.
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