Bill Text: TX SB1976 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the fee collected for a municipal solid waste permit application; increasing a fee.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-19 - Referred to Natural Resources & Economic Development [SB1976 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB1976-Introduced.html
 
 
  By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1976
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the fee collected for a municipal solid waste permit
  application; increasing a fee.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 5.701, Water Code, is amended by adding
  Subsection (r) to read as follows:
         (r)  The executive director shall charge a fee for filing a
  municipal solid waste permit application under Chapter 361, Health
  and Safety Code, in the amount of $5,000 plus the cost of required
  notice.  Money collected under this subsection may only be used to
  inspect the facility or site used or proposed to be used to store,
  process, or dispose of municipal solid waste to confirm information
  included in the permit application.  The inspection shall be
  conducted prior to the issuance of a permit.  The commission by rule
  shall prescribe the kinds of information in a permit application
  that require confirmation under this subsection.  The inspection
  shall include an investigation for any unique, site-specific
  conditions that are relevant to a determination regarding the
  suitability of the site for operation of a landfill.  Application
  fees collected under this subsection shall be deposited to the
  credit of the waste management account.
         SECTION 2.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
  an application for a permit authorization for a municipal solid
  waste facility that is filed with the Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality on or after the effective date of this Act.  
  An application for a permit for a municipal solid waste facility
  that is filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by
  the law in effect on the date of filing, and that law is continued in
  effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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