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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the retention of soil samples and records related to a |
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permit for a municipal solid waste facility issued by the Texas |
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Commission on Environmental Quality; creating an administrative |
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penalty. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 361, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 361.127 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 361.127. RETENTION OF SAMPLES AND RECORDS RELATING TO |
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MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE FACILITY. (a) The commission shall adopt |
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rules to govern the retention of soil samples and other physical |
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evidence and records of that evidence in relation to a permitted |
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municipal solid waste facility or proposed municipal solid waste |
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facility for which an application has been submitted. |
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(b) Rules adopted under this section must require retention |
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of: |
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(1) soil samples and other physical evidence taken in |
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relation to a permit application for a municipal solid waste |
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facility until a final action has been taken by the commission on |
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the application; and |
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(2) records of soil samples or other physical evidence |
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taken in relation to a permit issued for a municipal solid waste |
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facility until the closure of the facility. |
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(c) A violation of this section is subject to an |
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administrative penalty imposed by the commission under Section |
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7.051, Water Code. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |