HB 4086

AN ACT relating to the regulation of composting facilities by certain

House Bill • Gerdes | Wharton | Bumgarner

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89th Regular Session

Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended

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What This Bill Does

relating to the regulation of composting facilities by certain

Subject Areas

Environment--Solid Waste County Government--General

Bill Text

relating to the regulation of composting facilities by certain
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 364, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 364.020 to read as follows:
Sec. 364.020.  COUNTY REGULATION OF COMPOSTING FACILITY
LOCATION.  (a)  This section applies only to a county that does not
contain a municipality that requires a restaurant to divert food
waste from disposal in a landfill.
(b)  In this section, "composting facility" means a facility
that composts only source-separated yard trimmings, clean wood
material, vegetative material, paper, manure, meat, fish, dead
animal carcasses, dairy materials, and meat and vegetable oils and
greases from a municipal, commercial, or institutional source.
(c)  A county may prohibit the operation of a composting
facility within 3,281 feet of a stream, drain, recharge feature,
recharge area, or tributary that may constitute or recharge the
source of water supply of any municipality.
SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

Bill History

filed

Bill filed: AN ACT relating to the regulation of composting facilities by certain

Nov 10, 2025

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