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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to permit applications for solid waste facilities in |
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certain counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 361, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 361.0681 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 361.0681. DENIAL OF APPLICATION FOR CERTAIN MUNICIPAL |
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SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. The commission may not |
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issue a permit for a new municipal solid waste landfill if: |
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(1) the proposed site is located in a county with a |
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population of less than 70,000 and more than 40,000 that is adjacent |
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to a county with a population of more than 3.3 million; and |
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(2) a previous application was submitted to the |
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commission to operate a new municipal solid waste landfill at the |
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same proposed site and: |
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(A) the previous application was returned to the |
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applicant by the commission for containing inadequate or incomplete |
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information; and |
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(B) the applicant for the previous application |
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stated in writing that the previous application did not meet |
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requirements established by commission rules. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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an application for the issuance of a permit pending before the Texas |
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Commission on Environmental Quality on or after the effective date |
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of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |