H.B. No. 2708

	AN ACT
	relating to the use of certain fees deposited to the hazardous and
	solid waste remediation fee account for reimbursement of
	environmental remediation at certain former battery recycling
	facility sites.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 361.133, Health and Safety Code, is
	amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
	(c-1)  Notwithstanding Subsection (c), money in the account
	attributable to fees imposed under Section 361.138 may be used for
	reimbursement of environmental remediation at the site of a former
	battery recycling facility located in the municipal boundaries of a
	municipality with a population of more than 115,000 and less than
	250,000 if a community development corporation serving the
	municipality is issued an industrial hazardous waste permit by the
	commission for the site and is paying or has paid for part of the
	costs of the environmental remediation of the site pursuant to the
	permit. This subsection expires September 1, 2027.
	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, 2021.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2708 was passed by the House on May 8,
	2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 132, Nays 7, 2 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2708 was passed by the Senate on May
	24, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor