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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an exemption from the applicability of the |
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Comprehensive Municipal Solid Waste Management, Resource Recovery, |
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and Conservation Act for certain solid waste used for resource |
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recovery or processing. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 363.006, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 363.006. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER; EXEMPTIONS. (a) |
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This chapter does not prohibit or limit a person from extracting or |
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using solid waste [materials] that the person generates or legally |
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collects or acquires for resource recovery [recycling] or resale. |
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(b) Solid waste [Materials] that is [are] separated or |
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recovered [from solid waste] for reuse, resource recovery, or |
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processing [recycling] by the generator, by a private person under |
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contract with the generator, or by a collector of solid waste for |
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resource recovery is [or recovered materials are] not subject to |
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this chapter. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |