Bill Text: TX SB816 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 816 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the regulation by certain municipalities of disposable plastic bag use.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-01 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB816 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB816-Introduced.html

	86R9514 JTS-F

	By: Zaffirini	S.B. No. 816



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the regulation by certain municipalities of disposable
	plastic bag use.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Chapter 551, Local Government Code, is amended
	by adding Section 551.008 to read as follows:
	Sec. 551.008. REGULATION OF DISPOSABLE PLASTIC BAG USE IN
	CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. (a) Notwithstanding Section
	361.0961(a)(1), Health and Safety Code, a municipality with a
	population of less than 300,000 that holds a Phase I municipal
	separate storm sewer system permit from the Texas Commission on
	Environmental Quality may adopt an ordinance prohibiting or
	restricting the use of disposable plastic bags if:
	(1) the municipality, through its environmental
	services department if applicable, issues a report on the proposed
	ordinance's potential effects, including on the municipality's
	storm sewer system;
	(2) the findings of the report are presented at a
	public hearing on the adoption of the proposed ordinance; and
	(3) the municipality publishes on its Internet website
	for reference by the public and other municipalities:
	(A) the report; and
	(B) periodic updates to the report with data and
	other findings regarding the actual effects of the ordinance.
	(b) An ordinance adopted under this section:
	(1) may not include a new tax or fee related to the use
	of disposable plastic bags;
	(2) may not be effective for a period longer than three
	years; and
	(3) may be readopted if the requirements of this
	section are met.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.