SRC-TAG S.B. 1275 78(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 1275
78R4723 JTS-DBy: Armbrister
Natural Resources
5/3/2003
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

As proposed, S.B. 1275 allows the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality (TCEQ), after a notice and hearing, to revoke a permit for a
municipal solid waste landfill in certain instances. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to
a state officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Subchapter G, Chapter 7,  Water Code, by adding Section
7.3045, as follows: 

Sec. 7.3045.  REVOCATION OF CERTAIN LANDFILL PERMITS.  Authorizes the
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), after notice and
hearing, to revoke a permit for a municipal solid waste landfill facility
if the facility has not begun to receive municipal solid waste on or
before the third anniversary of the date the permit was issued and the
commissioners court of the county in which the facility is located adopts
a resolution recommending the revocation of the permit. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1,2003.