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H.B. No. 5057 AN ACT relating to exclusive contracts for municipal solid waste management services. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 363, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Section 363.120 to read as follows: Sec. 363.120. EXCLUSIVE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICE CONTRACTS. (a) In this section: (1) "Exclusive contract" means a contract or franchise agreement between a public agency and a privately owned solid waste management service provider that grants to the service provider an exclusive right to provide certain solid waste management services in the public agency's jurisdiction. (2) "Solid waste management services" means solid waste collection or transportation services. (b) A public agency that enters into an exclusive contract, including by renewing or amending an existing contract in a manner that grants a privately owned solid waste management service provider an exclusive right to provide certain additional solid waste services that was not contained in the contract before the renewal or amendment, shall give notice containing: (1) a summary of the purpose of the contract or amendment; and (2) a description of the change made by the contract or amendment. (c) A public agency required by Subsection (b) to give notice shall: (1) publish the notice: (A) in a newspaper of general circulation in the jurisdiction of the public agency; and (B) on a publicly available Internet website maintained by the public agency, if the public agency maintains such a website; and (2) if the public agency requires a privately owned solid waste management service provider to register or obtain approval to operate in the public agency's jurisdiction, give notice to each provider registered with or approved by the public agency to operate in the jurisdiction. (d) A contract or amendment described by Subsection (b) may not take effect before the date the notice required by that subsection is published in a newspaper as required by Subsection (c)(1)(A). (e) A privately owned solid waste management service provider that has an existing contract with a person to provide certain solid waste management services for which a public agency enters into an exclusive contract with another service provider may continue to provide those services in the public agency's jurisdiction until the earlier of: (1) the date the service provider's existing nonexclusive contract expires; or (2) the first anniversary of the date the public agency publishes the notice required by Subsection (b) in a newspaper as required by Subsection (c)(1)(A). (f) A privately owned solid waste management service provider that provides solid waste management services to a person in a public agency's jurisdiction and that does not have a contract to provide the services may, if the public agency enters into an exclusive contract with another service provider to provide those services, continue to provide the services in the jurisdiction until the 60th day after the date the public agency publishes the notice required by Subsection (b) in a newspaper as required by Subsection (c)(1)(A). (g) This section does not apply to the provision of solid waste management services by a municipality to an annexed area as provided by Section 43.0661, Local Government Code. SECTION 2. Section 363.120, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a contract or franchise agreement for solid waste management services entered into on or after the effective date of this Act. SECTION 3. 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, 2025. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 5057 was passed by the House on May 8, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 5057 was passed by the Senate on May 22, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 2. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor
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