Bill Text: TX HB1847 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an additional fee for the disposal of construction or demolition waste.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-03 - Referred to Environmental Regulation [HB1847 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB1847-Introduced.html
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| By: Farrar | H.B. No. 1847 | |
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| relating to an additional fee for the disposal of construction or | ||
| demolition waste. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 361.013, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
| amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (j) to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (a) Except as provided by Subsections (e) through (j) [ |
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| the commission shall charge a fee on all solid waste that is | ||
| disposed of within this state. The fee is $1.25 per ton received | ||
| for disposal at a municipal solid waste landfill if the solid waste | ||
| is measured by weight. If the solid waste is measured by volume, | ||
| the fee for compacted solid waste is 40 cents per cubic yard or, for | ||
| uncompacted solid waste, 25 cents per cubic yard received for | ||
| disposal at a municipal solid waste landfill. The commission shall | ||
| set the fee for sludge or similar waste applied to the land for | ||
| beneficial use on a dry weight basis and for solid waste received at | ||
| an incinerator or a shredding and composting facility at half the | ||
| fee set for solid waste received for disposal at a landfill. The | ||
| commission may charge comparable fees for other means of solid | ||
| waste disposal that are used. | ||
| (j) In this subsection, "construction or demolition waste" | ||
| means all materials that are by-products of construction work or | ||
| the demolition of buildings or other structures, including paper, | ||
| cartons, gypsum board, wood, excelsior, rubber, and plastics. The | ||
| commission shall charge a fee in addition to the fee charged under | ||
| Subsection (a) for all construction or demolition waste that is | ||
| disposed of within the state, except as provided by Subsection (h). | ||
| The additional fee is 80 percent of the fee charged under Subsection | ||
| (a). | ||
| SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | ||
| fees charged for waste disposal on or after the effective date of | ||
| this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
