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78R4723 JTS-D
By: Armbrister S.B. No. 1275
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the revocation of permits for certain landfill
facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 7, Water Code, is amended
by adding Section 7.3045 to read as follows:
Sec. 7.3045. REVOCATION OF CERTAIN LANDFILL PERMITS. After
notice and hearing, the commission may revoke a permit for a
municipal solid waste landfill facility if:
(1) the facility has not begun to receive municipal
solid waste on or before the third anniversary of the date the
permit was issued; and
(2) the commissioners court of the county in which the
facility is located adopts a resolution recommending the revocation
of the permit.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.