BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 1590 |
By: Cortez |
Environmental Regulation |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Under current law, a private third-party waste disposal service company may provide temporary solid waste disposal services to a construction project without registering with a municipality or paying any franchise fees to the municipality. Interested parties contend that small municipalities across the state have been forced to decide between the costs associated with initiating legal proceedings against third-party companies allegedly exceeding this authorization and the costs of allowing these third-party companies to compete with a municipal solid waste franchisee. C.S.H.B. 1590 seeks to require temporary solid waste disposal providers in certain small, fast-growing municipalities to follow the same guidelines as permanent waste disposal providers.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 1590 amends the Health and Safety Code to establish that the exemption from certain municipal and county solid waste disposal service requirements for a private entity that contracts to provide temporary solid waste disposal services to a construction project does not apply to a private entity that contracts to provide such services to a construction project located in a municipality that has a population of less than 10,000; that had population growth, according to the most recent federal decennial census, of more than 20 percent during the decade preceding the census; and that is located in a county that has a population of more than 1.5 million in which more than 75 percent of the population lives in a single municipality.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
On passage, or, if the bill does not receive the necessary vote, September 1, 2013.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 1590 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and highlighted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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