Bill Text: TX HB3854 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to the storage, transportation, processing, and disposal of scrap tires.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-24 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB3854 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3854-Comm_Sub.html
2019S0375-1 03/06/19 | ||
By: Walle, Morales | H.B. No. 3854 |
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relating to the storage, transportation, processing, and disposal | ||
of scrap tires. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 361.085, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsections (k) and (l) and adding Subsections | ||
(k-1) and (m) to read as follows: | ||
(k) The commission shall require a bond or other financial | ||
assurance as a condition of issuing a registration for the | ||
transportation, storage, or processing of scrap tires, as that term | ||
is defined in Section 361.112. The amount of the bond or other | ||
financial assurance required must be sufficient to cover the | ||
reasonable expenses of an immediate remedial or removal action | ||
under Section 361.1125. | ||
(k-1) A registered tire processor utilizing the tires for | ||
energy recovery at an on-site cement kiln and other energy recovery | ||
facilities the commission identifies by rule are not required to | ||
provide financial assurance under this section. | ||
(l) The commission may require financial assurance as | ||
a condition of issuing a permit or registration for the collection, | ||
transportation, or processing of grit trap waste or grease trap | ||
waste. The amount of financial assurance required must be | ||
consistent with the degree and duration of risk associated with the | ||
type of waste authorized to be collected, transported, or | ||
processed. | ||
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assurance as a condition of a permit or registration under | ||
Subsection (l) [ |
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satisfies any requirement for financial assurance under Chapter | ||
368. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 361.112, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsections (g-1) and (g-2) to read as follows: | ||
(g-1) The commission shall issue a registration insignia to | ||
each transporter. The transporter shall display the insignia on | ||
each vehicle used to transport tires under the registration. The | ||
insignia expires annually on a date specified by the commission. | ||
The commission may adopt rules for issuing duplicate and multiple | ||
insignia. | ||
(g-2) The commission shall require a transporter to submit | ||
an annual report on the records maintained by the transporter to the | ||
commission in an electronic format using a form developed by the | ||
commission. A transporter who fails to submit an annual report | ||
under this subsection is not eligible to receive the annual | ||
registration insignia and is subject to revocation of the | ||
registration. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |