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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to municipal and county authority to enforce a solid waste |
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collection 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, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (e) and adding Subsection (f) to |
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read as follows: |
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(e) This section does not [apply to a person who provides
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the 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 this section shall] limit |
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the authority of a municipality or county to enforce its grant of a |
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franchise for solid waste collection and transportation services |
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within its territory. |
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(f) A county that by order requires persons in the county to |
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use the county's solid waste disposal service may provide in the |
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order that a violation of the order is a Class C misdemeanor. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |