Bill Text: TX HB3224 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to a study on the creation of a defense under the Solid Waste Disposal Act for persons engaged in certain recycling transactions.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB3224 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3224-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3224 |
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relating to a study on the creation of a defense under the Solid | ||
Waste Disposal Act for persons engaged in certain recycling | ||
transactions. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on | ||
Environmental Quality. | ||
(2) "Recyclable material" has the meaning assigned by | ||
42 U.S.C. Section 9627(b). | ||
(b) The commission, in consultation with industry | ||
stakeholders, shall: | ||
(1) conduct a study on the potential impacts of | ||
creating a defense to liability under Section 361.271(a)(3) or (4), | ||
Health and Safety Code, for persons who arrange for recycling of | ||
recyclable material who would not be liable for the recyclable | ||
material under 42 U.S.C. Section 9607(a)(3) or (4) based on the | ||
person meeting the applicable criteria established under 42 U.S.C. | ||
Section 9627; and | ||
(2) propose legislative recommendations based on the | ||
study. | ||
(c) The commission shall establish a workgroup that | ||
includes industry stakeholders for the purpose of assisting the | ||
commission in proposing legislative recommendations under | ||
Subsection (b)(2) of this section. | ||
(d) Not later than January 15, 2021, the commission shall | ||
submit to the legislature a report on the findings of the study and | ||
legislative recommendations based on the study. | ||
(e) This Act expires August 31, 2021. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3224 was passed by the House on April | ||
30, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 3, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 3224 on May 24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 3, | ||
2 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3224 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |