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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to municipal authority to enforce a solid waste collection |
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and transportation services franchise. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 364.034(e), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(e) This section does not apply to a person who provides the |
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public or private entity, public agency, or county with written |
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documentation that the person is receiving solid waste disposal |
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services from another entity. Nothing in Subsections (a)-(d) |
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limits [this section shall limit] the authority of a municipality |
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to enforce its grant of a franchise for solid waste collection and |
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transportation services within its territory. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |