79R13615 SGA-F


By:  Hegar, Olivo, Howard                                         H.B. No. 3002

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3002:                                   

By:  Smith of Harris                                          C.S.H.B. No. 3002



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the revocation of certain waste-related permits issued 
by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
	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 PERMITS REGARDING SOLID 
WASTE.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), after notice and 
hearing, the commission may revoke a permit for a municipal solid 
waste landfill facility, transfer station, sludge disposal 
facility, or an injection well if:
		(1)  the facility, station, or well has not begun to 
receive the waste materials for which the permit was issued on or 
before the sixth anniversary of the date the permit was issued; and
		(2)  the commissioners court of the county in which the 
facility, station, or well is located adopts and forwards to the 
commission a resolution recommending the revocation of the permit.
	(b)  Subsection (a) does not apply to a permit for a 
municipal solid waste landfill facility, transfer station, sludge 
disposal facility, or injection well issued to a municipality, 
county, or other unit of local government.
	(c)  A municipality, county, or other unit of local 
government may not sell, lease, or transfer a permit for a municipal 
solid waste landfill facility, transfer station, sludge disposal 
facility, or injection well to a private entity.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.