Enrolled Bill Summary

            Senate Bill 1339 amends the Water Code to require an owner or operator of a poultry facility to implement and maintain a water quality management plan for the facility that is certified by the State Soil and Water Conservation Board. The bill empowers the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission to bring a cause of action to remedy or prevent a violation of the requirement or of other regulatory provisions relating to disposal of poultry waste. It sets deadlines for development and submission of site-specific water quality management plans, with each plan based on the particular site's date of initial operation, and clarifies that a poultry operation may be designated as a point source of pollution only in limited circumstances. The plan implementation requirement and the commission's authority to bring a cause of action take effect January 1, 2002. Other portions of the bill, including the schedule for development and submission of required plans, take effect September 1, 2001.