Enrolled Bill Summary

            House Bill 2403 amends the Health and Safety Code to require the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission, using numerical water consumption factors established by federal regulations, to report annually to the legislature the average water consumption factor of all clothes-washing machines that were imported into Texas during the preceding calendar year. The bill's reporting requirements do not apply to those machines with a capacity of more than 3.5 cubic feet or less than 1.6 cubic feet. The commission report must include a respective breakdown of the number of machines with a water consumption factor of 9.5 or less, more than 9.5 but not more than 11, and more than 11. The bill authorizes the commission by rule to require appropriate trade industry associations to provide requisite information. The first report to the legislature is due in 2003.