Bill Text: TX SB1639 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to industrial solid waste generated in a foreign country.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-14 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [SB1639 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB1639-Introduced.html
By: Zaffirini | S.B. No. 1639 | |
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relating to industrial solid waste generated in a foreign country. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 361.0235, Health and | ||
Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 361.0235. HAZARDOUS WASTE AND INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTE | ||
GENERATED IN FOREIGN COUNTRY. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 361.0235(a), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, a person | ||
may not receive, transport, or cause to be transported into this | ||
state, for the purpose of treatment, storage, or disposal in this | ||
state, hazardous waste or Class I industrial solid waste generated | ||
in a country other than the United States. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |