Sec. 361.134.  INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTE AND HAZARDOUS WASTE GENERATION FEE.  (a)  The annual generation fee prescribed by this section is imposed on each generator who generates Class I industrial solid waste or hazardous waste during any part of the year.
(b)  The commission shall:
(1)  require each generator of industrial solid waste or hazardous waste to register its activities;  and
(2)  collect the annual generation fee imposed under this section.
(c)  The commission by rule shall adopt a generation fee schedule for use in determining the amount of fees to be charged.  The annual generation fee may not be less than $50 and may not be more than $50,000 for generation of hazardous waste or more than $10,000 for generation of nonhazardous waste.
(d)  The commission by rule may exempt generators of small quantities of Class I industrial solid waste or hazardous waste from the payment of a generation fee under this section.
(e)  Wastes generated in a removal or remedial action accomplished through the expenditure of public funds from the hazardous and solid waste remediation fee account shall be exempt from any generation fee assessed under this section.
(f)  Wastewaters containing hazardous wastes which are designated as hazardous solely because they exhibit a hazardous characteristic as defined in 40 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 261, Subpart C, relating to characteristics of hazardous waste, and are rendered nonhazardous by neutralization or other treatment on-site in totally enclosed treatment facilities or wastewater treatment units for which no permit is required under this chapter are exempt from the assessment of hazardous waste generation fees.  By rule, the commission may authorize additional exemptions if consistent with state waste management policy.  An exemption from fee assessment does not limit a generator's obligation to report waste generation or waste management activity under any applicable regulation of the commission.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 710, Sec. 4, eff. Aug. 26, 1991;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 379, Sec. 4, eff. Aug. 30, 1993;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 333, Sec. 39, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.