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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the investigation by the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality of certain complaints. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 5.176, Water Code, is amended by adding |
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Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) The commission is not required to investigate a |
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complaint: |
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(1) that may be addressed during other commission |
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activities; or |
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(2) that was filed by an individual when there is not a |
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reasonable probability that the commission can substantiate the |
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complaint and: |
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(A) the complaint is repetitious or redundant of |
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other complaints concerning the same site investigated in the |
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preceding 12 months that were not substantiated by the commission; |
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or |
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(B) the complainant has filed in the preceding |
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seven years at least five complaints that were not substantiated by |
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the commission. |
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SECTION 2. Section 5.177(c), Water Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(c) The commission is not required to provide the |
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information described in Subsection (a) or (b) to a complainant |
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who: |
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(1) files an anonymous complaint; |
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(2) [or] provides inaccurate contact information; or |
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(3) files a complaint described by Section 5.176(c). |
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SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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a complaint filed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |