86R5401 JRR-D
 
  By: Thompson of Brazoria H.B. No. 1331
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the application fee for a permit for a municipal solid
  waste facility; imposing a fee.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 361, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 361.0675 to read as follows:
         Sec. 361.0675.  APPLICATION FEE FOR PERMIT FOR MUNICIPAL
  SOLID WASTE FACILITY. The commission shall charge an applicant for
  a permit for a municipal solid waste facility an application fee of
  $2,000.
         SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall
  adopt or modify any rules necessary to implement the change in law
  made by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an application for a permit that is submitted to the Texas
  Commission on Environmental Quality on or after the effective date
  of this Act. An application for a permit that was submitted to the
  Texas Commission on Environmental Quality before the effective date
  of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the
  application was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for
  that purpose.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.