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Amend CSSB 1280 (Senate committee printing) as follows:                      
	(1)  Immediately preceding SECTION 1 of the bill (page 1, 
between lines 12 and 13), insert the following appropriately 
numbered SECTION:
	SECTION __.  Subchapter B, Chapter 361, Health and Safety 
Code, is amended by adding Section 361.0145 to read as follows:
	Sec. 361.0145.  RESPONSE TO OR REMEDIATION OF FIRE OR 
EMERGENCY.  (a)  The commission may make an immediate response to or 
remediation of a fire or other emergency that involves solid waste, 
including processed or unprocessed material suitable for recycling 
or composting, as the commission determines necessary to protect 
the public health or safety.
	(b)  Notwithstanding Section 361.014(b), revenue otherwise 
dedicated under that section may be used for an action authorized by 
Subsection (a).
	(c)  The commission may recover from a person who is 
responsible for the solid waste as provided by Section 361.271 the 
reasonable expenses incurred by the commission during an immediate 
response and remediation action under Subsection (a).  The state 
may bring an action to recover those reasonable expenses.
	(d)  If the commission used for an action under Subsection 
(a) money otherwise dedicated under Section 361.014(b), money 
recovered under Subsection (c) shall be deposited in the state 
treasury to the credit of the commission until the amount deposited 
equals the amount of the dedicated money used.  Money credited under 
this subsection may be used only as provided by Section 361.014(b).
	(2)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 361.1191(a), 
Health and Safety Code (page 1, lines 19 through 21), strike added 
Subdivision (2) and substitute the following:
		(2)  does not apply to a facility that is owned or 
operated by or affiliated with a person who holds a permit to 
dispose of municipal solid waste or to a facility owned or operated 
by a local government.
	(3)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 361.1191, 
Health and Safety Code, strike "unprocessed recyclable" wherever it 
appears (page 1, lines 26, 29, and 32) and substitute "unprocessed 
combustible recyclable".
	(4)  Immediately following SECTION 1 of the bill (page 1, 
between lines 44 and 45), insert the following appropriately 
numbered SECTION:
	SECTION __.  Subchapter C, Chapter 361, Health and Safety 
Code, is amended by adding Section 361.125 to read as follows:
	Sec. 361.125.  PERMIT REQUIREMENTS FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE 
FACILITY ON RECHARGE OR TRANSITION ZONE OF SOLE SOURCE AQUIFER.  
(a)  In this section:
		(1)  "Recharge zone" and "transition zone" have the 
meanings assigned by 30 T.A.C. Section 213.3.
		(2)  "Sole source aquifer" means an aquifer that is the 
sole or principal source of drinking water for an area designated 
under Section 1424(e), Safe Drinking Water Act of 1974 (42 U.S.C. 
Section 300h-3(e)).
	(b)  The commission by rule shall:                                      
		(1)  impose heightened standards for the issuance of a 
permit for a municipal solid waste facility, including a recycling 
facility, under this chapter if the facility is located on the 
recharge zone or transition zone of a sole source aquifer;
		(2)  require a municipal solid waste facility, 
including a recycling facility, that is located on the recharge 
zone of a sole source aquifer to install groundwater protection 
features, such as liners and monitoring wells, specified by the 
commission; and
		(3)  require a recycling facility that is located on 
the recharge zone or transition zone of a sole source aquifer to 
establish fire lanes between piles of combustible materials.
	(5)  Renumber the subsequent SECTIONS of the bill 
accordingly.