Amend CSHB 7 as follows:
(1) In ARTICLE 9, SECTION 9.01, add an appropriately
lettered new subsection to read as follows and appropriately
reletter subsequent subsections of that SECTION:
( ) The joint committee shall also consider permits for
grease trap waste facilities authorized by Chapter 596, Acts of the
78th Legislature, Regular Session, 2003.
(2) In ARTICLE 9, add appropriately numbered SECTION to read
as follows and appropriately renumber subsequent SECTIONS of that
ARTICLE:
SECTION 9.__. Section 2, Chapter 596, Acts of the 78th
Legislature, Regular Session, 2003, is amended to read as follows:
Sec. 2. (a) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
shall:
(1) not later that December 1, [November 1,] 2003:
(A) adopt any rules necessary for the
implementation of this Act; and
(B) notify any person known by the commission to
be engaged in the business of composting grease trap waste to submit
an application for a permit under Section 361.428(d), Health and
Safety Code, as added by this Act; and
(2) not later than September 1, 2005 [January 1,
2004], begin issuing permits for the commercial composting of
grease trap waste under Sections 361.428(d) and (e), Health and
Safety Code, as added by this Act.
(b) This Act does not prohibit a person who is engaged in the
business of composting grease trap waste on the effective date of
this Act from continuing to engage in that business if the person:
(1) submits an application for a permit under Section
361.428(d), Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, not later
than the 30th day after receiving notice from the Texas Commission
on Environmental Quality under Subsection (a)(1)(B) of this
section; and
(2) receives the permit from the commission on or
before June 1, 2007 [2004].