Bill Text: TX HB1856 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a defense under the Solid Waste Disposal Act for persons engaged in certain scrap metal recycling transactions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-18 - Referred to Business & Commerce [HB1856 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB1856-Engrossed.html
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| By: King of Hemphill | H.B. No. 1856 | |
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| relating to the creation of a defense under the Solid Waste Disposal | ||
| Act for persons engaged in certain scrap metal recycling | ||
| transactions. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter I, Chapter 361, Health and Safety | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 361.2755 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 361.2755. RECYCLED SCRAP METAL; DEFENSE. (a) In this | ||
| section, "scrap metal" has the meaning assigned by 42 U.S.C. | ||
| Section 9627(d)(3). | ||
| (b) A person who arranges for recycling of scrap metal is | ||
| not responsible for the scrap metal under Section 361.271(a)(3) or | ||
| (4) if the person can establish by a preponderance of the evidence | ||
| that the person meets the criteria established in 42 U.S.C. Section | ||
| 9627 relating to recycling scrap metal. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
