Bill Text: TX HB2871 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to permit application requirements for solid waste facilities.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-16 - Referred to Environmental Regulation [HB2871 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB2871-Introduced.html

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84R11605 JAM-D
By: Allen H.B. No. 2871

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to permit application requirements for solid waste
facilities.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 361.064, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) A permit application under this subchapter must
contain:
(1) a certification from the applicant that the
applicant has mailed to each resident living one mile or less from
the site and each community organization, nonprofit organization,
or civic club located two miles or less from the site:
(A) an explanation of the site's proposed
operations; and
(B) a questionnaire seeking community comments
regarding the site's proposed operations; and
(2) any comments made by residents, organizations, or
clubs in response to the questionnaire.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an application for a permit that is submitted to the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality on or after the effective date
of this Act. An application for a permit that was submitted to the
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality before the effective date
of this Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the
application was filed, and the former law is continued in effect for
that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.