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TX Health & Safety Code § 361.986 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water|Chapter 361 - Solid Waste Disposal Act|Subchapter Z. Television Equipment Recycling Program|Section 361.986. Financial and Proprietary Information

Sec. 361.986.  FINANCIAL AND PROPRIETARY INFORMATION.  Financial or proprietary information submitted to the commission under this subchapter is exempt from public disclosure under Chapter 552, Government Code.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 605 (S.B. 329), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 361.987 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water|Chapter 361 - Solid Waste Disposal Act|Subchapter Z. Television Equipment Recycling Program|Section 361.987. Biennial Report to Legislature

Sec. 361.987.  BIENNIAL REPORT TO LEGISLATURE.  (a)  The commission shall compile information from television manufacturers and issue an electronic report to the committee in each house of the legislature having primary jurisdiction over environmental matters not later than March 1 of each even-numbered year.(b)  The report must include:(1)  collection information provided to the commission by each television manufacturer's report required by Section 361.976(b) or 361.980(a), as applicable;(2)  a summary of comments that have been received from stakeholders such as television manufacturers, electronic equipment recyclers, local governments, and nonprofit organizations;(3)  any recommendations under Section 361.984(h); and(4)  any other information that would assist the legislature in evaluating the effectiveness of this subchapter.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 605 (S.B. 329), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 361.988 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water|Chapter 361 - Solid Waste Disposal Act|Subchapter Z. Television Equipment Recycling Program|Section 361.988. Fees

Sec. 361.988.  FEES.  (a)  Except as provided by Section 361.976(a), this subchapter does not authorize the commission to impose a fee, including a recycling fee, on a consumer, television manufacturer, retailer, or person who recycles covered television equipment.(b)  Fees or costs collected under this subchapter may be used by the commission only to implement this subchapter.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 605 (S.B. 329), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 361.989 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water|Chapter 361 - Solid Waste Disposal Act|Subchapter Z. Television Equipment Recycling Program|Section 361.989. Consumer Responsibilities

Sec. 361.989.  CONSUMER RESPONSIBILITIES.  (a)  A consumer is responsible for any information in any form left on the consumer's covered television equipment that is collected or recycled.(b)  A consumer is encouraged to learn about recommended methods for recycling covered television equipment that has reached the end of its useful life by visiting the commission's and television manufacturers' Internet websites or calling their toll-free telephone numbers.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 605 (S.B. 329), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 361.990 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water|Chapter 361 - Solid Waste Disposal Act|Subchapter Z. Television Equipment Recycling Program|Section 361.990. Management of Collected Television Equipment

Sec. 361.990.  MANAGEMENT OF COLLECTED TELEVISION EQUIPMENT.  (a)  Covered television equipment collected under this subchapter must be disposed of or recycled in a manner that complies with federal, state, and local law.(b)  The commission shall adopt as standards for recycling or reuse of covered television equipment in this state the standards provided by "Electronics Recycling Operating Practices" as approved by the board of directors of the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries, Incorporated, April 25, 2006, or other standards from a comparable nationally recognized organization.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 605 (S.B. 329), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 361.991 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water|Chapter 361 - Solid Waste Disposal Act|Subchapter Z. Television Equipment Recycling Program|Section 361.991. State Procurement Requirements

Sec. 361.991.  STATE PROCUREMENT REQUIREMENTS.  (a)  In this section, "state agency" has the meaning assigned by Section 2052.101, Government Code.(b)  A person who submits a bid for a contract with a state agency for the purchase or lease of covered television equipment must be in compliance with this subchapter.(c)  A state agency that purchases or leases covered television equipment shall require a prospective bidder to certify the bidder's compliance with this subchapter before the agency may accept the prospective bidder's bid.(d)  In considering bids for a contract for covered television equipment, in addition to any other preferences provided under other laws of this state, the state shall give special preference to a television manufacturer that:(1)  through its recovery plan collects more than its market share allocation; or(2)  provides collection sites or recycling events in any county located in a council of governments region in which there are fewer than six permanent collection sites open at least twice each month.(e)  The comptroller shall adopt rules to implement this section.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 605 (S.B. 329), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 361.992 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water|Chapter 361 - Solid Waste Disposal Act|Subchapter Z. Television Equipment Recycling Program|Section 361.992. Federal Preemption; Expiration

Sec. 361.992.  FEDERAL PREEMPTION; EXPIRATION.  (a)  If federal law establishes a national program for the collection and recycling of covered television equipment and the commission determines that the federal law substantially meets the purposes of this subchapter, the commission may adopt an agency statement that interprets the federal law as preemptive of this subchapter.(b)  This subchapter expires on the date the commission issues a statement under this section.|Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 605 (S.B. 329), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 362.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water|Chapter 362 - Solid Waste Resource Recovery Financing Act|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 362.001. Short Title

Sec. 362.001.  SHORT TITLE.  This chapter may be cited as the Solid Waste Resource Recovery Financing Act.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 362.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water|Chapter 362 - Solid Waste Resource Recovery Financing Act|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 362.002. Policy and Purpose

Sec. 362.002.  POLICY AND PURPOSE.  (a)  The policy of the state is to safeguard the public health, general welfare, and physical property from solid waste pollution by encouraging the processing of solid waste for the purpose of extracting, converting to energy, or otherwise separating and preparing solid waste for reuse.(b)  It is the policy of the state that the processing of solid waste for reuse is essential to the well-being and survival of state inhabitants and the protection of the environment.  That processing will conserve and develop state natural resources, within the meaning of Article XVI, Section 59(a), of the Texas Constitution by preventing further damage to the environment.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 362.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water|Chapter 362 - Solid Waste Resource Recovery Financing Act|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 362.003. Definitions

Sec. 362.003.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Bond" includes a note or other evidence of indebtedness.(2)  "Cost" means expenses related or incidental to the acquisition, construction, or improvement of a system, including:(A)  real property acquired for a system; (B)  finance charges; (C)  interest before and during construction and for a period the issuer finds reasonable after completion of construction; (D)  expenses incurred for architectural, engineering, and legal services; (E)  license fees and royalties; (F)  expenses incurred for plans, specifications, surveys, and estimates; (G)  expenses incurred in placing the system in operation;  and(H)  administration expenses.(3)  "Issuer" means a district or authority that:(A)  is created under Article XVI, Section 59, or Article III, Section 52, of the Texas Constitution; (B)  is authorized by law to own a waste disposal system;  and(C)  includes within its boundaries all of at least one county.(4)  "Public agency" means:(A)  an issuer; (B)  a municipality;  or(C)  another political subdivision or agency of the state authorized to own and operate a solid waste collection, transportation, or disposal facility or system.(5)  "Real property" means land, a structure, a franchise or interest in land, air rights, or another thing or right pertaining to that property, including an easement, right-of-way, use, lease, license, or other incorporeal hereditament, or an estate, interest, or legal or equitable right, including a term for years or lien on that property because of a judgment, mortgage, or other reason.(6)  "Resolution" means the action, including an order or ordinance, that authorizes bonds and that is taken by the issuer's governing body.(7)  "Security agreement" means a trust indenture or other instrument securing bonds.(8)  "Solid waste" has the meaning assigned by Chapter 361 (Solid Waste Disposal Act).(9)  "System" means real property, plants, works, facilities, equipment, pipelines, machinery, vehicles, vessels, rolling stock, licenses, or franchises used or useful:(A)  in connection with processing solid waste to extract, recover, reclaim, salvage, reduce, or concentrate the solid waste, or convert it to energy or useful matter or resources including electricity, steam, or other form of energy, metal, fertilizer, glass, or other form of resource;  or(B)  in the transportation, receipt, storage, transfer, and handling of solid waste, the preparation, separation, or processing of solid waste for reuse, the handling and transportation of recovered matter, resources, or energy, and the handling, transportation, and disposition of nonrecoverable solid waste residue.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 362.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water|Chapter 362 - Solid Waste Resource Recovery Financing Act|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 362.004. Effect of Other Law

Sec. 362.004.  EFFECT OF OTHER LAW.  (a)  This chapter does not limit the authority of the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission or a local government to:(1)  perform a power or duty provided by other law;  or(2)  adopt and enforce rules to carry out duties under Chapter 361 (Solid Waste Disposal Act).(b)  Chapter 361 (Solid Waste Disposal Act) shall be enforced without regard to ownership of a system financed under this chapter.(c)  This chapter does not affect the right of a private person to pursue, against a person who contracts with an issuer under this chapter, a common-law remedy to abate, or recover damages for, a condition of pollution or other nuisance.  A person purchasing or leasing a system under contract with an issuer may not assert the defense of sovereign immunity because of the issuer's ownership of the system.(d)  An issuer or public agency may use other law not in conflict with this chapter to the extent convenient or necessary to carry out any authority expressly or impliedly granted by this chapter.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 1.031, eff. Aug. 12, 1991.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 362.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water|Chapter 362 - Solid Waste Resource Recovery Financing Act|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 362.005. Exception for Certain Material Presorted to Be Recycled

Sec. 362.005.  EXCEPTION FOR CERTAIN MATERIAL PRESORTED TO BE RECYCLED.  This chapter does not authorize a public agency to compel burning of material presorted to be recycled.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 362.011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water|Chapter 362 - Solid Waste Resource Recovery Financing Act|Subchapter B. Operation of System|Section 362.011. Authority to Acquire and Transfer Property

Sec. 362.011.  AUTHORITY TO ACQUIRE AND TRANSFER PROPERTY.  (a)  An issuer may acquire, construct, and improve a system for lease or sale as provided by this chapter and may acquire real property as the issuer considers appropriate for the system.(b)  An issuer may lease its system to another person.(c)  An issuer may sell a system, by installment payments or other method of payment, to any person on conditions the issuer considers desirable.(d)  A lease or sales contract entered into under this chapter may be for the term agreed to by the parties, and must provide that it continues in effect until the bonds specified in the lease or contract, or refunding bonds issued in place of those bonds, are fully paid.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 362.012 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water|Chapter 362 - Solid Waste Resource Recovery Financing Act|Subchapter B. Operation of System|Section 362.012. Location of System

Sec. 362.012.  LOCATION OF SYSTEM.  A system may be located on the property of any person.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 362.013 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water|Chapter 362 - Solid Waste Resource Recovery Financing Act|Subchapter B. Operation of System|Section 362.013. Contract Terms and Procedures

Sec. 362.013.  CONTRACT TERMS AND PROCEDURES.  (a)  The provisions of Chapter 2253, Government Code, that relate to performance and payment bonds apply to a contract entered into by an issuer.(b)  An issuer may contract for the acquisition, construction, and improvement of a system on the terms and under the conditions that the governing body of the issuer considers appropriate, including a contract under which a person agrees to perform and supply all services and materials required in connection with the design, construction, and placing into operation of a system.(c)  The issuer shall publish notice of the time and place the contract will be let in a newspaper of general circulation within the boundaries of the issuer once a week for two consecutive weeks, with the first publication occurring not later than the 15th day before the date the contract will be let.(d)  The issuer shall analyze competitive proposals received in response to the notice and let the contract to the responsible party making the proposal that is most advantageous to the issuer and that will result in the most economical completion of the system.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(17), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 362.014 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water|Chapter 362 - Solid Waste Resource Recovery Financing Act|Subchapter B. Operation of System|Section 362.014. Public Agency Contract

Sec. 362.014.  PUBLIC AGENCY CONTRACT.  (a)  A public agency, on terms it considers appropriate, may contract with an issuer or other person who finances, constructs, or improves a system to sell, lease, or dedicate the use of real property or all or part of a solid waste disposal facility for use as part of the system.(b)  A public agency may contract with any person for the supply, collection, or transportation of solid waste for disposal at a system.  The public agency may agree in the contract to supply minimum amounts of solid waste and to pay minimum fees for the right to dispose of the solid waste at the system during the term of the contract.  The contract may continue in effect for the term of years that the public agency's governing body determines to be desirable.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 362.015 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water|Chapter 362 - Solid Waste Resource Recovery Financing Act|Subchapter B. Operation of System|Section 362.015. Payment of Contract From Sources Other Than Taxes

Sec. 362.015.  PAYMENT OF CONTRACT FROM SOURCES OTHER THAN TAXES.  (a)  A public agency may use any available revenue or resource for, or pledge the revenue or resource to, payment of all or part of the amount due under a contract under Section 362.014.  The public agency may agree in the contract to assure availability of payment when required.(b)  The public agency may agree to make sufficient provision in its annual budget to make all payments under the contract.(c)  The public agency may fix, charge, and collect, from its inhabitants or other users or beneficiaries of a service or facility provided in connection with the contract, a fee, rate, charge, rental, or other amount for the service or facility, including a water charge, sewage charge, solid waste disposal fee or charge, garbage collection or handling fee, or other fee or charge.  The public agency may use those amounts for, or pledge them to, payments required under the contract, and may agree in the contract to make that use or pledge in an amount sufficient to make all or part of the payments when due.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 362.016 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water|Chapter 362 - Solid Waste Resource Recovery Financing Act|Subchapter B. Operation of System|Section 362.016. Payment of Contract From Taxes

Sec. 362.016.  PAYMENT OF CONTRACT FROM TAXES.  (a)  A public agency that has taxing power and that, when it enters into a contract under Section 362.014, is using its general funds, including tax revenue, to pay all or part of the cost of providing solid waste collection, transportation, and disposal services may agree that the payments under the contract are an obligation against the public agency's taxing power.(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), a person is not entitled to demand payment from taxes during any period unless the contracting person is willing and able to receive and dispose of solid waste during the period as provided by the contract.(c)  A public agency that has taxing power may hold an election substantially in accordance with Chapter 1251, Government Code, applicable to issuance of bonds by a municipality to determine whether a contract may be an obligation secured by the taxing power of the public agency to an extent not permitted by Subsection (b).  If it is determined by a favorable vote at the election that the public agency is authorized to levy an ad valorem tax to make all or part of the payments under the contract, and that the payments are to be made unconditionally regardless of whether the contracting person is willing and able to receive and dispose of solid waste as provided by the contract, the contract is an obligation secured by the public agency's taxing power to the extent provided.  The ballot proposition at the election must plainly state that ad valorem tax funds may be used to make contract payments if the contractor cannot receive or dispose of solid waste because of mechanical failure of the facility financed by the bonds or for other reasons.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 8.269, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 362.017 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water|Chapter 362 - Solid Waste Resource Recovery Financing Act|Subchapter B. Operation of System|Section 362.017. Industrial Development Corporation

Sec. 362.017.  INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION.  (a)  A public agency that has entered into a contract under Section 362.014 may sponsor the creation of an industrial development corporation under the Development Corporation Act (Subtitle C1, Title 12, Local Government Code).(b)  The corporation may issue bonds, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness under the Development Corporation Act (Subtitle C1, Title 12, Local Government Code) to finance the cost of a system under the contract regardless of whether the system is located within the boundaries of the public agency.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 3.15, eff. April 1, 2009.|
TX Health & Safety Code § 362.018 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Health and Safety Code|Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality|Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water|Chapter 362 - Solid Waste Resource Recovery Financing Act|Subchapter B. Operation of System|Section 362.018. Cost of Certain Required Alterations

Sec. 362.018.  COST OF CERTAIN REQUIRED ALTERATIONS.  The relocation, raising, lowering, rerouting, changing of grade, or altering of construction of a highway, railroad, electric transmission line, telegraph or telephone property or facility, or pipeline made necessary by the actions of an issuer shall be accomplished at the sole expense of the issuer, who shall pay the cost of the required activity as necessary to provide comparable replacement, minus the net salvage value of any replaced facility.  The issuer shall pay that amount from the proceeds of bonds issued to finance a system.|Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.|