Bill Text: TX HB1391 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to inspections of solid waste facilities conducted by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-24 - Left pending in committee [HB1391 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1391-Introduced.html
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By: Bohac | H.B. No. 1391 |
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relating to inspections of solid waste facilities conducted by the | ||
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 361.032, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsections (a-1) and | ||
(a-2) to read as follows: | ||
(a) The commission shall inspect a solid waste facility used | ||
or proposed to be used to store, process, or dispose of solid waste: | ||
(1) at least once every two years; | ||
(2) for a facility that commits multiple violations of | ||
the same statute or rule in a five-year period, at least quarterly | ||
for three years beginning on the date of the last violation; and | ||
(3) for a facility that is the subject of three or more | ||
complaints in a 30-day period, at least quarterly for 18 months | ||
beginning on the date of the last complaint. [ |
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(a-1) The commission may not give notice to the owner or | ||
operator of a facility of an inspection to be performed under | ||
Subsection (a). | ||
(a-2) The commission shall perform an inspection made in | ||
response to a complaint at the same general time of day as the | ||
alleged violation is reported to have occurred. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |