Bill Text: TX HB2072 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the expiration of the dry cleaner environmental response program.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-22 - Left pending in committee [HB2072 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2072-Introduced.html
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| By: Lambert | H.B. No. 2072 | |
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| relating to the expiration of the dry cleaner environmental | ||
| response program. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Sections 374.253(a), (b), and (c), Health and | ||
| Safety Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) This chapter expires on September 1, 2041 [ |
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| (b) A corrective action, including any administrative | ||
| duties associated with the action, for which remediation of a | ||
| contaminated site has begun before September 1, 2041 [ |
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| be completed in accordance with this chapter using money from the | ||
| fund, to the extent possible, but money may not be collected for or | ||
| added to the fund on or after that date. | ||
| (c) The commission may continue a corrective action that has | ||
| not progressed beyond the investigative or planning stage after | ||
| September 1, 2041 [ |
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| available. | ||
| 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, 2021. | ||
