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HB4086 • 2025

Relating to the regulation of composting facilities by certain counties.

Relating to the regulation of composting facilities by certain counties.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Gerdes | Wharton | Bumgarner
Last action
2025-04-24
Official status
04/24/2025 H Companion considered in lieu of in committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Relating to the regulation of composting facilities by certain counties.

Relating to the regulation of composting facilities by certain counties.

What This Bill Does

  • Relating to the regulation of composting facilities by certain counties.

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Bill History

  1. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Scheduled for public hearing on . . .

  2. 2025-04-24 Texas Legislature Online

    Companion considered in lieu of in committee

  3. 2025-03-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Read first time

  4. 2025-03-27 Texas Legislature Online

    Referred to Environmental Regulation

  5. 2025-03-07 Texas Legislature Online

    Filed

Official Summary Text

Relating to the regulation of composting facilities by certain counties.

Current Bill Text

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89(R) HB 4086 - Introduced version - Bill Text

89R9246 DRS-F

By: Gerdes

H.B. No. 4086

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the regulation of composting facilities by certain

counties.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 364, Health and Safety

Code, is amended by adding Section 364.020 to read as follows:

Sec.

364.020.

COUNTY REGULATION OF COMPOSTING FACILITY

LOCATION. (a) This section applies only to a county that does not

contain a municipality that requires a restaurant to divert food

waste from disposal in a landfill.

(b)

In this section, "composting facility" means a facility

that composts only source-separated yard trimmings, clean wood

material, vegetative material, paper, manure, meat, fish, dead

animal carcasses, dairy materials, and meat and vegetable oils and

greases from a municipal, commercial, or institutional source.

(c)

A county may prohibit the operation of a composting

facility within 3,281 feet of a stream, drain, recharge feature,

recharge area, or tributary that may constitute or recharge the

source of water supply of any municipality.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.