H.B. No. 2452 amends various sections of the Health and Safety Code and the Government Code to enhance the provision of solid waste disposal services by certain counties in Texas. The bill allows commissioners courts to contract for solid waste services in areas within a municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction if the municipality does not provide such services. Specifically, it introduces criteria for counties to qualify for these contracts based on population size and the concentration of residents in a single municipality. The bill also establishes that the provisions apply to counties with populations exceeding 1.7 million or those with populations under 1.3 million that contain a municipality with at least 750,000 residents.

Additionally, the bill creates a criminal offense for burning household refuse outdoors in specified unincorporated areas of counties that meet certain population criteria. It specifies that such an offense is applicable only if the county has established a mandatory solid waste program. The changes in law will only apply to offenses committed after the bill's effective date, ensuring that prior offenses are governed by the law in effect at the time they were committed. The bill is set to take effect immediately upon receiving a two-thirds vote from both houses or on September 1, 2025, if that threshold is not met.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: Government Code 791.037, Local Government Code 352.082 (Government Code 791, Local Government Code 352)