Bill Text: TX SB1869 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the implementation of county solid waste management programs in certain counties.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-24 - Left pending in committee [SB1869 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-SB1869-Introduced.html

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85R11268 SLB-D
By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1869

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the implementation of county solid waste management
programs in certain counties.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 364.011, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) 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), a commissioners court 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.
(a-1) A commissioners court by rule may regulate solid waste
collection, handling, storage, and disposal by establishing a
mandatory program under Section 364.034 in an area of the county
located within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality
if:
(1) the municipality does not provide solid waste
disposal services in that area; and
(2) the county:
(A) is adjacent to the United Mexican States;
(B) has a population of less than 300,000; and
(C) contains a municipality with a population of
200,000 or more.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.