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TX HB464
Bill
Status
5/10/2025
Primary Sponsor
Mary Gonzalez
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AI Summary
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Establishes a scrap tire remediation grant program administered by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to provide grants to counties for reducing illegal scrap tire disposal in waterways, rights-of-way, and other land
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Grant funds may be used for three purposes: identifying and prosecuting illegal scrap tire dumping violators, public education campaigns to discourage illegal disposal, and removing and properly disposing of illegally dumped scrap tires
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Creates a dedicated scrap tire remediation grant account in the general revenue fund, funded by legislative appropriations, gifts, federal grants, donations, and investment interest
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Requires TCEQ to submit an annual report to the legislature by September 1 with recommendations to address illegal scrap tire disposal
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TCEQ must establish the grant program by January 1, 2027, with the act taking effect September 1, 2025
Legislative Description
Relating to the establishment of a grant program to support the elimination of illegally disposed of scrap tires.
State Finances
Last Action
Received from the House
5/12/2025