H.B. No. 3071 amends the Health and Safety Code by adding Section 361.1201, which establishes criteria for the cancellation of certain municipal solid waste landfill permits issued by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Specifically, the new law applies to landfill facilities located in counties with populations exceeding 2.1 million and within the extraterritorial jurisdiction of municipalities with populations over 900,000. Under this provision, the commission is mandated to cancel permits for landfill facilities that have not accepted waste for a continuous period of 25 years.

The bill is set to take effect immediately upon receiving a two-thirds majority vote from both houses of the legislature; otherwise, it will become effective on September 1, 2025. The legislative process for H.B. No. 3071 included passage in both the House and Senate, with subsequent amendments and a conference committee to resolve differences between the two chambers.

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