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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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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 fellows: |
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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: |
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(1) the facility has not accepted waste for a period of |
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25 consecutive years; and |
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(2) if the permit was issued to the owner of the |
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facility, the person to whom the permit was issued no longer owns |
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the facility. |
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(c) If the commission cancels a permit under this section, |
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it may not approve a subsequent permit application for a municipal |
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solid waste landfill facility that was the subject of the cancelled |
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permit. |
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SECTION 2. Section 361.1201(2), Health and Safety Code, as |
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added by this Act, applies only to the transfer of ownership of a |
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municipal solid waste facility that occurs on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. A transfer of ownership that occurred |
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before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it |
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existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that |
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law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |