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AN ACT
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relating to cancellation of certain solid waste disposal permits |
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issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. |
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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 361.1201 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 361.1201. CANCELLATION OF CERTAIN LANDFILL PERMITS. |
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(a) This section applies only to a facility that is located in: |
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(1) a county with a population of more than 2.1 |
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million; and |
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(2) the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the county's |
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principal municipality with a population of more than 900,000. |
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(b) The commission shall cancel a permit issued for a |
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municipal solid waste landfill facility if the facility has not |
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accepted waste for a period of 25 consecutive years. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3071 was passed by the House on May 8, |
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2025, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 9, 1 present, not |
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voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to |
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H.B. No. 3071 on May 28, 2025, and requested the appointment of a |
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conference committee to consider the differences between the two |
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houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report |
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on H.B. No. 3071 on May 31, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 101, |
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Nays 30, 2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3071 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 25, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays |
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1; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference |
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committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and |
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that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No. |
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3071 on May 31, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |