78R5243 JJT-D

By:  Williams                                                     S.B. No. 1539



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the application of new requirements for nonhazardous 
industrial solid waste disposal to be adopted by the Texas 
Commission on Environmental Quality.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  As soon as practicable after the effective date 
of this Act, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall 
adopt rules governing all aspects of the management and operation 
of nonhazardous industrial solid waste facilities.
	SECTION 2.  The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality 
shall suspend the permitting process for any pending application 
for a nonhazardous industrial solid waste disposal permit until the 
rules adopted under Section 1 of this Act take effect.  The Texas 
Commission on Environmental Quality shall provide that the rules 
adopted under Section 1 of this Act apply to every application for a 
nonhazardous industrial solid waste disposal permit filed on or 
after the effective date of this Act and every application for a 
nonhazardous industrial solid waste disposal permit pending on the 
effective date of this Act.  The Texas Commission on Environmental 
Quality may allow an applicant who filed such an application that is 
pending on the effective date of this Act to amend the application 
to conform to the rules adopted under Section 1 of this Act.
	SECTION 3.  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.