S.B. No. 819
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the disposal of demolition waste from abandoned or
  nuisance buildings by certain local governments.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subsection (b), Section 361.126, Health and
  Safety Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (b)  The commission may issue a permit by rule to authorize
  the governing body of a county or municipality with a population of
  12,000 [10,000] or less to dispose of demolition waste from a
  building if the disposal occurs on land that:
               (1)  the county or municipality owns or controls; and
               (2)  would qualify for an arid exemption under
  commission rules.
         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.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 819 passed the Senate on
  March 27, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 819 passed the House on
  May 17, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 0, three
  present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor