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<br />75th LEGISLATURE-REGULAR SESSION
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<br />(!) the fixed term of ecu:h permit or other authorization. issued to 'the fcu:ility under this
<br />chapter shall commence on the date physieal construCtion of the authorized waste
<br />m,a.nagement faCility begins.
<br />SECTION 3. Subchapter D, Chapter 27, Water Code, is amend~d by Mding Section
<br />27.0515 to read as follows: .' : .
<br />Sec. !7.0515. FACILITIES REQUIRED TO OBTAIN FEDERAL APPROVAL. For a
<br />commercial hazanwus waste disposal weU fcu:ility originally permitted by the commiSsion
<br />after June 7, 1991, and which is required to obtain from the United States 'Environmental
<br />Protection Agency a variance from the federal land disposal restridibns before injecting
<br />permitted hazardous wastes: . ,. ."
<br />. . (1) a permit or other authorization is8tted to the facility under this cha,pte;. is not
<br />. subject to canceUation, amendmen~ modification, T8vocdtion, Dr denictl of renewal because
<br />the permit holder has not' commenced construction or opertiti01i of the facility; and
<br />(!) the flXed term of ecu:h penj?,it aT other authorization isstied to t~ fcu:ility under this
<br />chapter shall com1nence on the date phys'ical construction' 01 the authorized waste
<br />management fcu:ility begin-,.
<br />SECTION 4. (a) Sections ,361.116 and 36i.0895, Health and Safety Code, and Section
<br />27.0515, Water Code, as added by this .Act, do not apply to any facUity that did not have an
<br />original pennit applicatlon pending at the Texas NatUral Resource Conservation Commission
<br />on June 7, 1991, nor to any facility that obtained a federal variance from the land disposal
<br />restrictions prior to the effective date of this Act,
<br />(b) Section 361.0895, Health and Safety Code, and Section 27.0515, Water Code, as added
<br />by this Act, shall be. construed in a manner that promotes consistency with applicable federal
<br />regulations and maintains federal program delegation and shall not be applied in circum-
<br />stances that would result in the loss of federal program delegation.
<br />SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September I, 1997.
<br />SECTION 6. The importance of this legislation and the crowded condition of the
<br />calendars in both houses create an emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
<br />constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several days in each house be
<br />suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
<br />Passed the Senate on April 28, 1997: Yeas 31, Nays 0; the Senate concurred in House
<br />amendments on May 27, 1997, by a viva-voce vot~; passed the House. with
<br />amendments. on May 25, 1997, by a non-record vote.
<br />Approved June 20, 1997.
<br />Effective September 1, 1997.'
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<br />CHAPTER 1212
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<br />S.B, No, 1937
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<br />AN ACT
<br />relating to the provision of telecommunications services within municipalities,
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<br />Be it enacted by th.e Legislature of the State of Texas:
<br />SECTION 1. , Subtitle F, Title III, Public Utility Regulatory Act of 1995 (Article 1446c-O,
<br />Vernon's TexaS Civil Statutes), is amended by adding, Section 3.270 to read as follows:
<br />See. 3.!iO.' INTERIM COMMITTEE ON THE USE OF MUNICiPAL RIGHTS-OF-
<br />WAY FOR THE PROVISION OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES WHOLLY
<br />WITHIN MUNICIPALITIES BY TELECOMMUNICATIONS UTILITIES. (aj It is the
<br />policy of the State of Texas to encourage competition amon.g telecommunications utilities
<br />providing telecommunications. smices wholly within municipalities in a competitively
<br />netttra~ nondiscriminatory manner; to reduce the barners to entry for such telecomm1.lnica-
<br />.tions utilities by eli'm,inating any conditions which prohibit or have the effect of prohibiting
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