Tex. Health & Safety Code § 363.063 · Subchapter D. REGIONAL AND LOCAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLANS
LOCAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A local government shall develop a local solid waste management plan as provided by Section 363.0635.
(b) A local solid waste management plan must conform to the adopted regional solid waste management plan that covers the area in the local government's jurisdiction.
(c) A local solid waste management plan shall be submitted to the commission for review. If the commission determines that the plan conforms to the requirements adopted by the commission, the commission shall consider the plan for approval.
(d) In each even-numbered year on the anniversary of the adoption of a municipal solid waste management plan, each local government shall report to the commission on the progress of its municipal solid waste management program and recycling activities implemented under this section. The commission may not require a local government to submit to the planning region or to the commission information previously submitted to the planning region or commission by the local government in an earlier plan or report.
(e) If the commission determines that a local solid waste management plan does not conform to the requirements adopted by the commission, the commission shall give written notice to the local government of each aspect of the plan that must be changed to conform to commission requirements. After changes are made in the plan as requested by the commission, the commission shall consider the plan for approval.
(f) The commission by rule shall adopt an approved local solid waste management plan.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1990, 71st Leg., 6th C.S., ch. 10, art. 2, Sec. 31(c), eff. Sept. 6, 1990; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 2.10, eff. Aug. 30, 1993; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 1045, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.101, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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