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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a waste tire recycling program; imposing administrative |
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and civil penalties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 5, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Chapter 376 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 376. WASTE TIRE RECYCLING PROGRAM |
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Sec. 376.001. COMMISSION TO ESTABLISH PROGRAM. (a) The |
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Texas Commission on Environmental Quality by rule shall adopt and |
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implement a waste tire recycling program to be operated and |
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enforced in the same way that this state's former waste tire |
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recycling program was operated and enforced as provided by former |
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Subchapter P, Chapter 361, as that subchapter was originally |
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enacted. |
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(b) The commission has all authority necessary to adopt, |
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implement, operate, and enforce the waste tire recycling program as |
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Subsection (a) requires. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |