HB 3071
AN ACT relating to cancellation of certain solid waste disposal permits
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
Awaiting Committee Assignment
Bill filed, pending referral to House committee
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What This Bill Does
Requires the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to cancel municipal solid waste disposal permits if a landfill facility has not accepted waste for a certain period and if the original permit holder no longer owns the facility. This legislation aims to clean up outdated or inactive waste disposal permits, ensuring that only active and currently owned landfill sites maintain valid permits. The bill will take effect on September 1, 2025, and applies to facility ownership transfers occurring on or after that date.
Bill Text
relating to cancellation of certain solid waste disposal permits issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 361, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Section 361.1201 to read as follows: Sec. 361.1201. CANCELLATION OF CERTAIN LANDFILL PERMITS. The commission shall cancel a permit issued for a municipal solid (1) the facility has not accepted waste for a period of (2) if the permit was issued to the owner of the facility, the person to whom the permit was issued no longer owns SECTION 2. Section 361.1201(2), Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, applies only to the transfer of ownership of a municipal solid waste facility that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. A transfer of ownership that occurred before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose. SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to cancellation of certain solid waste disposal permits
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