87R14353 JRR-D
 
  By: Patterson, Holland, Shaheen H.B. No. 2708
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2708:
 
  By:  Dominguez C.S.H.B. No. 2708
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the use of certain fees deposited to the hazardous and
  solid waste remediation fee account for reimbursement of
  environmental remediation at certain former battery recycling
  facility sites.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 361.133, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
         (c-1)  Notwithstanding Subsection (c), money in the account
  attributable to fees imposed under Section 361.138 may be used for
  reimbursement of environmental remediation at the site of a former
  battery recycling facility located in the municipal boundaries of a
  municipality with a population of more than 115,000 and less than
  250,000 if a community development corporation serving the
  municipality is issued an industrial hazardous waste permit by the
  commission for the site and is paying or has paid for part of the
  costs of the environmental remediation of the site pursuant to the
  permit. This subsection expires September 1, 2027.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2021.