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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