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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to regulation and permitting of certain recycling |
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facilities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 361.119, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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(a-1) The commission may not exempt from permit or |
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registration requirements under this chapter a solid waste facility |
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that: |
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(1) receives more than 50 percent of its recyclable |
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material directly from any combination of: |
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(A) generators not affiliated with the facility; |
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(B) the public; or |
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(C) haulers not affiliated with the facility; |
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(2) receives no financial compensation to accept any |
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of the recyclable material it receives; and |
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(3) shows that the material is potentially recyclable |
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and has an economically feasible means of being recycled. |
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SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall |
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adopt rules necessary to implement Section 361.119(a-1), Health and |
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Safety Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |