1-1 By: Brown S.B. No. 1306
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 11, 1999; March 15, 1999, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
1-4 April 6, 1999, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
1-5 Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; April 6, 1999,
1-6 sent to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1306 By: Brown
1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-9 AN ACT
1-10 relating to the definition of hazardous waste.
1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12 SECTION 1. Subdivision (12), Section 361.003, Health and
1-13 Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-14 (12) "Hazardous waste" means a solid waste, or a
1-15 combination of solid wastes, which because of its quantity,
1-16 concentration, or physical, chemical, or infectious characteristics
1-17 may:
1-18 (A) cause, or significantly contribute to, an
1-19 increase in mortality or an increase in serious irreversible, or
1-20 incapacitating reversible, illness;
1-21 (B) pose a substantial present or potential
1-22 hazard to human health or the environment when improperly treated,
1-23 stored, transported, or disposed of or otherwise managed; and
1-24 (C) is identified by the commission as a
1-25 hazardous waste by rule. Commission rules implementing this
1-26 section shall be consistent with, and not more stringent than
1-27 necessary to maintain state program authorization under,
1-28 [identified or listed as a hazardous waste by the administrator of
1-29 the United States Environmental Protection Agency under the federal
1-30 Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended by] the Resource Conservation
1-31 and Recovery Act of 1976, as amended (42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et
1-32 seq.).
1-33 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
1-34 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-35 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-36 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-37 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
1-38 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
1-39 passage, and it is so enacted.
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