SB1381 - Relating to creating a program allowing the state to accept and use donated wind turbine blades; authorizing a fee.

      By: Middleton S.B. No. 1381               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to creating a program allowing the state to accept and use   donated wind turbine blades; authorizing a fee.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 2152, Government Code, is amended by   adding Subchapter D to read as follows:   SUBCHAPTER D. PROGRAMS           Sec.   2152.151.     WIND TURBINE BLADE RECYCLING PROGRAM. (a)   The commission shall create a program and promulgate rules to use   decommissioned wind turbine blades to construct a wall or barrier   along the Texas-Mexico border.           (b)     The commission may charge a fee in an amount necessary   to recover the cost of administering the program, including the   cost of collecting, transporting, and storing the wind turbine   blades.           (c)     The commission may require the operator of any   decommissioned wind turbine generator or wind power facility to   ship permanently decommissioned wind turbine blade to a location   set by the commission in order to assist in the construction of a   border wall or barrier along the Texas-Mexico border.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.