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AN ACT
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relating to certain notices provided to the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality by public water supply systems. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 341.033, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (i) and adding Subsection (i-1) to |
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read as follows: |
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(i) An owner, agent, manager, operator, or other person in |
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charge of a public water supply system that furnishes water for |
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public or private use or a wastewater system that provides |
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wastewater services for public or private use shall maintain |
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internal procedures to notify the commission immediately of the |
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following events, if the event may negatively impact the production |
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or delivery of safe and adequate drinking water: |
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(1) an unusual or unexplained unauthorized entry at |
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property of the public water supply or wastewater system; |
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(2) an act of terrorism against the public water |
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supply or wastewater system; |
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(3) an unauthorized attempt to probe for or gain |
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access to proprietary information that supports the key activities |
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of the public water supply or wastewater system; |
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(4) a theft of property that supports the key |
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activities of the public water supply or wastewater system; [or] |
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(5) a natural disaster, accident, or act that results |
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in damage to the public water supply or wastewater system; or |
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(6) for a nonindustrial public water supply system, an |
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unplanned condition that has caused a public water supply outage or |
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the public water supply system to issue a do-not-use advisory, |
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do-not-consume advisory, or boil water notice. |
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(i-1) The commission may collaborate with the Texas |
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Division of Emergency Management in administering the notification |
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requirement in Subsection (i)(6), including determining the method |
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by which the notifications are provided. Subsection (i)(6) does |
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not require an owner, agent, manager, operator, or other person in |
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charge of a nonindustrial public water supply system to provide |
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notice of a weather or emergency alert, warning, or watch issued by |
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the National Weather Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric |
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Administration, or the Texas Division of Emergency Management or a |
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successor federal or state agency. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3810 was passed by the House on May |
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11, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 3810 on May 25, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, |
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1 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 3810 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 23, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |