BILL ANALYSIS

 

 

Senate Research Center	H.B. 1331
86R5401 JRR-D	By: Thompson, Ed (Miles)
	Natural Resources & Economic Development
	4/29/2019
	Engrossed

 

 

 

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

 

H.B. 1331 amends current law relating to the application fee for a permit for a municipal solid waste facility, and imposes a fee.

 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

 

Rulemaking authority is expressly granted to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality� in SECTION 2 of this bill.

 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

 

SECTION 1. Amends Subchapter C, Chapter 361, Health and Safety Code, by adding Section 361.0675, as follows:

 

Sec. 361.0675.  APPLICATION FEE FOR PERMIT FOR MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE FACILITY.� Requires the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to charge an applicant for a permit for a municipal solid waste facility an application fee of $2,000.

 

SECTION 2. Requires TCEQ, as soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act, to adopt or modify any rules necessary to implement the change in law made by this Act.

 

SECTION 3. Makes application of this Act prospective.

 

SECTION 4. Effective date: September 1, 2019.