By: Thompson of Brazoria (Senate Sponsor - Miles) H.B. No. 1331

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2019; April 24, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources & Economic Development; May 3, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 3, 2019, sent to printer.)

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.

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