Bill Text: TX HB3981 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of certain counties to issue revenue bonds for certain solid waste management projects.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-29 - Referred to Environmental Regulation [HB3981 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB3981-Introduced.html
87R11384 SLB-D | ||
By: Martinez | H.B. No. 3981 |
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relating to the authority of certain counties to issue revenue | ||
bonds for certain solid waste management projects. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 364.051, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
(c) This subsection applies only to a county that is | ||
adjacent to the United Mexican States and has a population of more | ||
than 700,000 and contains at least two municipalities that each | ||
have a population of 77,000 or more. A county may: | ||
(1) issue bonds secured by revenue without holding an | ||
election; and | ||
(2) use the proceeds of bonds issued under this | ||
subsection to construct, operate, and maintain a facility for the | ||
disposal of scrap tires or other solid waste. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |