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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the regulation of composting facilities by certain |
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counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 364, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 364.020 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 364.020. COUNTY REGULATION OF COMPOSTING FACILITY |
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LOCATION. (a) This section applies only to a county that does not |
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contain a municipality that requires a restaurant to divert food |
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waste from disposal in a landfill. |
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(b) In this section, "composting facility" means a facility |
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that composts only source-separated yard trimmings, clean wood |
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material, vegetative material, paper, manure, meat, fish, dead |
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animal carcasses, dairy materials, and meat and vegetable oils and |
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greases from a municipal, commercial, or institutional source. |
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(c) A county may prohibit the operation of a composting |
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facility within 3,281 feet of a stream, drain, recharge feature, |
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recharge area, or tributary that may constitute or recharge the |
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source of water supply of any municipality. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |