Bill Text: TX HB2708 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the use of certain fees deposited to the hazardous and solid waste remediation fee account for reimbursement of environmental remediation at certain former battery recycling facility sites.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 4)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-16 - Effective immediately [HB2708 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2708-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 2708 | ||
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| relating to the use of certain fees deposited to the hazardous and | ||
| solid waste remediation fee account for reimbursement of | ||
| environmental remediation at certain former battery recycling | ||
| facility sites. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 361.133, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (c-1) Notwithstanding Subsection (c), money in the account | ||
| attributable to fees imposed under Section 361.138 may be used for | ||
| reimbursement of environmental remediation at the site of a former | ||
| battery recycling facility located in the municipal boundaries of a | ||
| municipality with a population of more than 115,000 and less than | ||
| 250,000 if a community development corporation serving the | ||
| municipality is issued an industrial hazardous waste permit by the | ||
| commission for the site and is paying or has paid for part of the | ||
| costs of the environmental remediation of the site pursuant to the | ||
| permit. This subsection expires September 1, 2027. | ||
| 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 2708 was passed by the House on May 8, | ||
| 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 132, Nays 7, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 2708 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 24, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
