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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the county provision of solid waste disposal services. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 364.011(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Subject to [the limitation provided by] Sections |
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361.151 and 361.152 [(Solid Waste Disposal Act),] and [subject] to |
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Subsection (a-1): |
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(1) [,] a commissioners court of a county with a |
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population of 500,000 or less by rule may regulate solid waste |
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collection, handling, storage, and disposal in areas of the county |
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not in a municipality or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a |
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municipality; and |
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(2) a commissioners court of a county with a |
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population of more than 500,000 shall regulate solid waste |
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collection, handling, storage, and disposal in areas of the county |
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not in a municipality or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a |
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municipality. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |