Bill Text: TX SB1850 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to used and scrap tire handlers.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-3)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2019-05-21 - Placed on General State Calendar [SB1850 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1850-Comm_Sub.html
| By: Rodríguez, et al. | S.B. No. 1850 | |
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| relating to used and scrap tire handlers. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 361, Health and Safety | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 361.0851 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 361.0851. FINANCIAL ASSURANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR USED | ||
| AND SCRAP TIRE HANDLERS. (a) In this section, "scrap tire" has the | ||
| meaning assigned by Section 361.112. | ||
| (b) This section does not apply to a registered used or | ||
| scrap tire processor using tires for energy recovery at an on-site | ||
| cement kiln or other energy recovery facility identified by | ||
| commission rule. | ||
| (c) The commission shall require a bond or other financial | ||
| assurance as a condition of issuing a registration for the | ||
| transportation, storage, or processing of scrap tires. The amount | ||
| of the bond or other financial assurance required must be | ||
| sufficient to cover the reasonable expenses of an immediate | ||
| remedial or removal action under Section 361.1125. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 361.112, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsections (o) and (p) to read as follows: | ||
| (o) The commission shall require a used or scrap tire | ||
| transporter to submit to the commission an annual report on the | ||
| records maintained by the transporter under this section. A used or | ||
| scrap tire transporter who fails to submit an annual report under | ||
| this subsection is not eligible to receive a registration insignia | ||
| under Subsection (p). | ||
| (p) The commission shall annually issue a registration | ||
| insignia to each used or scrap tire transporter. The used or scrap | ||
| tire transporter shall display the insignia on each vehicle used to | ||
| transport tires under the registration. The insignia expires | ||
| annually on a date specified by the commission. The commission may | ||
| adopt rules for issuing duplicate and multiple insignia. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
