By: Thompson of Brazoria H.B. No. 1435

(Senate Sponsor - Birdwell, Miles, Zaffirini)

(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 17, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 17, 2019, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the inspection of a municipal solid waste management facility or site by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality before a permit application is issued, amended, extended, or renewed.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 361.088, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:

(h) Before a permit for a proposed municipal solid waste management facility is issued, amended, extended, or renewed, the commission shall inspect the facility or site used or proposed to be used to store, process, or dispose of municipal solid waste to confirm information included in the permit application. The commission by rule shall prescribe the kinds of information in a permit application that require confirmation under this subsection.

SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to an application for a permit, license, registration, or other authorization for a municipal solid waste facility that is filed with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on or after the effective date of this Act. An application for a permit, license, registration, or other authorization for a municipal solid waste facility that is filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date of filing, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.

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