87R6262 JRR-D     By: Patterson H.B. No. 2708       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the use of certain fees deposited to the hazardous and   solid waste remediation fee account for environmental remediation   at a closed battery recycling facility site located in a   municipality.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 361.133, Health and Safety Code, is   amended by adding Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:          (c-1)  Notwithstanding Subsection (c), money in the account   attributable to fees imposed under Section 361.138 may be used for   environmental remediation at the site of a closed battery recycling   facility located in the municipal boundaries of a municipality if   the municipality submits to the commission a voluntary compliance   plan for the site and is paying or has paid for part of the costs of   the environmental remediation of the site.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2021.