87R7295 JXC-D     By: Lambert H.B. No. 2072       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the expiration of the dry cleaner environmental   response program.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 374.253(a), (b), and (c), Health and   Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:          (a)  This chapter expires on September 1, 2041 [2021].          (b)  A corrective action, including any administrative   duties associated with the action, for which remediation of a   contaminated site has begun before September 1, 2041 [2021], shall   be completed in accordance with this chapter using money from the   fund, to the extent possible, but money may not be collected for or   added to the fund on or after that date.          (c)  The commission may continue a corrective action that has   not progressed beyond the investigative or planning stage after   September 1, 2041 [2021], to the extent money from the fund is   available.          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.