TITLE: Relating to the implementation of county solid waste management programs in certain counties.

SUMMARY: Relating to the implementation of county solid waste management programs in certain counties.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the implementation of county solid waste management programs in certain counties. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 364.011, Health and Safety Code, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: (a) Subject to the limitation provided by Sections 361.151 and 361.152 (Solid Waste Disposal Act), and subject to Subsection (a-1), a commissioners court by rule may regulate solid waste collection, handling, storage, and disposal in areas of the county not in a municipality or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality. (a-1) A commissioners court by rule may regulate solid waste collection, handling, storage, and disposal by establishing a mandatory program under Section 364.034 in an area of the county located within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality if: (1) the municipality does not provide solid waste disposal services in that area; and (2) the county: (A) is adjacent to the United Mexican States; (B) has a population of less than 300,000; and (C) contains a municipality with a population of 200,000 or more. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.