78R7131 JJT-F
By: Jones of Dallas H.B. No. 2741
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to incineration of hazardous waste as fuel in cement
plants in certain areas of this state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 382, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 382.059 to read as follows:
Sec. 382.059. PROHIBITION OF HAZARDOUS WASTE AS FUEL IN
CEMENT PLANT. (a) In this section, "hazardous waste" has the
meaning assigned by Section 361.003.
(b) The commission by rule shall prohibit, on and after
January 1, 2006, incineration of hazardous waste as a fuel in a
cement plant located in a standard metropolitan statistical area
that:
(1) is in a nonattainment area for a national ambient
air quality standard; and
(2) contains two municipalities each of which has a
population of more than 1 million.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.