1-1 By: Nixon S.B. No. 1150
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 11, 1997; March 13, 1997, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
1-4 April 22, 1997, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
1-5 Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; April 22, 1997,
1-6 sent to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1150 By: Nixon
1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-9 AN ACT
1-10 relating to registration and reporting requirements pursuant to the
1-11 collection, management, and recycling of used oil.
1-12 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13 SECTION 1. Section 371.026, Health and Safety Code, is
1-14 amended by amending the section heading and Subsection (a) to read
1-15 as follows:
1-16 Sec. 371.026. REGISTRATION AND REPORTING REQUIREMENTS OF
1-17 USED OIL HANDLERS OTHER THAN GENERATORS. (a) The commission shall
1-18 adopt rules governing registration and reporting of used oil
1-19 handlers other than generators. The rules shall require that:
1-20 (1) a used oil handler other than a generator:
1-21 (A) [(1)] register [biennially] with the
1-22 commission;
1-23 (B) [(2) report annually the sources of used oil
1-24 handled during the preceding year, the quantity of used oil
1-25 received, the date of receipt, and the destination or end use of
1-26 the used oil;]
1-27 [(3)] provide evidence of familiarity with applicable
1-28 state laws and rules and management procedures applicable to used
1-29 oil handling; and
1-30 (C) [(4)] provide proof of liability insurance
1-31 or other evidence of financial responsibility for any liability
1-32 that may be incurred in handling used oil, except that this
1-33 provision does not apply to a used oil handler which is owned or
1-34 otherwise effectively controlled by the owners or operators where
1-35 the used oil is generated; and
1-36 (2) a used oil processor or rerefiner must report to
1-37 the commission, in the form of a letter on a biennial basis by
1-38 December 1 of each odd-numbered year, the calendar year covered by
1-39 the report and the quantities of used oil accepted for processing
1-40 or rerefining and the manner in which the used oil is processed or
1-41 rerefined, including the specific processes employed.
1-42 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
1-43 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-44 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-45 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-46 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-47 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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