Bill Text: TX HB1866 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 1866

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the county provision of solid waste disposal services.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-07 - Referred to Environmental Regulation [HB1866 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB1866-Introduced.html

	88R6477 DRS-D

	By: Campos	H.B. No. 1866



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the county provision of solid waste disposal services.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 364.011(a), Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(a) Subject to [~~the limitation provided by~~] Sections
	361.151 and 361.152 [~~(Solid Waste Disposal Act),~~] and [~~subject~~] to
	Subsection (a-1):
	(1) [,] a commissioners court of a county with a
	population of 500,000 or less by rule may regulate solid waste
	collection, handling, storage, and disposal in areas of the county
	not in a municipality or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a
	municipality; and
	(2) a commissioners court of a county with a
	population of more than 500,000 shall regulate solid waste
	collection, handling, storage, and disposal in areas of the county
	not in a municipality or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a
	municipality.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.