Bill Text: TX SB1489 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective immediately [SB1489 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1489-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 1489 | ||
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| relating to the Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 1.02, Chapter 409, Acts of the 61st | ||
| Legislature, Regular Session, 1969, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1.02. FINDINGS AND DECLARATION OF POLICY. It is hereby | ||
| found and declared that the quality of waters in Chambers, | ||
| Galveston, and Harris Counties is materially affected by the | ||
| disposal of wastes throughout those counties; that regional | ||
| approaches to studying water pollution in these counties, to | ||
| planning corrective and preventive measures, to providing | ||
| coordinated facilities for waste disposal, and to regulating waste | ||
| disposal would be far more effective than efforts on a county-wide, | ||
| city-wide, or smaller scale; that solid wastes, as well as other | ||
| kinds of waste, may impair water quality by seepage, drainage, and | ||
| otherwise; that creation of the Gulf Coast [ |
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| Authority would advance the established policy of the state to | ||
| maintain the quality of the waters in the state consistent with the | ||
| public health and public enjoyment thereof, the propagation and | ||
| protection of terrestrial and aquatic life, the operation of | ||
| existing industries, and the economic development of the state; and | ||
| that impending shortage of water in the district for beneficial | ||
| uses requires that all reasonable measures be taken to prevent and | ||
| abate water pollution, and to reclaim polluted water for beneficial | ||
| uses. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 1.03(a)(1), Chapter 409, Acts of the | ||
| 61st Legislature, Regular Session, 1969, is amended to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| (1) "Authority" means the Gulf Coast [ |
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| Authority created by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 2.01, Chapter 409, Acts of the 61st | ||
| Legislature, Regular Session, 1969, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Section 2.01. CREATION OF AUTHORITY. There is hereby | ||
| created, pursuant to Article XVI, Section 59, of the Texas | ||
| Constitution, a conservation and reclamation district to be known | ||
| as the Gulf Coast [ |
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| governmental agency and body politic and corporate of the State of | ||
| Texas. A confirmation election shall not be necessary. | ||
| SECTION 4. Chapter 409, Acts of the 61st Legislature, | ||
| Regular Session, 1969, is amended by adding Section 2.015 to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| Sec. 2.015. NAME CHANGE. A reference in law to the Gulf | ||
| Coast Waste Disposal Authority means the Gulf Coast Authority. | ||
| SECTION 5. Section 8104.006, Special District Local Laws | ||
| Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 8104.006. RELATIONSHIP TO GULF COAST [ |
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| AUTHORITY. The rights, powers, privileges, and functions granted | ||
| to the authority under this chapter are subject to the powers | ||
| granted to the Gulf Coast [ |
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| 409, Acts of the 61st Legislature, Regular Session, 1969 (Article | ||
| 7621d-2, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes), to provide disposal | ||
| systems. | ||
| SECTION 6. Section 8104.205, Special District Local Laws | ||
| Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 8104.205. CONSENT REQUIRED FOR WASTE TREATMENT AND | ||
| DISPOSAL FACILITIES. Before acquiring or constructing a waste | ||
| treatment or disposal facility, the authority must obtain the | ||
| consent of the: | ||
| (1) Gulf Coast [ |
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| (2) Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, if the | ||
| consent of the Gulf Coast [ |
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| unreasonably withheld or delayed. | ||
| SECTION 7. 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, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1489 passed the Senate on | ||
| April 19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1489 passed the House on | ||
| May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 2, two | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
