Bill Text: TX HB2598 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the consideration of steel slag as solid waste by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB2598 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2598-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2598 |
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relating to the consideration of steel slag as solid waste by the | ||
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 361, Health and Safety | ||
Code, is amended by adding Section 361.040 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 361.040. TREATMENT OF STEEL SLAG AS SOLID WASTE. The | ||
commission may not consider steel slag as solid waste if the steel | ||
slag is: | ||
(1) an intended output or result of the use of an | ||
electric arc furnace to make steel; | ||
(2) introduced into the stream of commerce; and | ||
(3) managed as an item of commercial value, including | ||
through a controlled use in a manner constituting disposal, and not | ||
as discarded material. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2598 was passed by the House on May | ||
12, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2598 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |