By Duncan H.B. No. 1991 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the connection of residential or other private water 1-3 systems to public water supplies in such a manner as to prevent 1-4 backflow into the public water supply system; and providing a 1-5 penalty. 1-6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-7 SECTION 1. Chapter 756 of the Health and Safety Code is 1-8 amended by adding a new Subchapter E to read as follows: 1-9 SUBCHAPTER 3. CONNECTION TO PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM. 1-10 Sec. 756.050. Backflow Prevention; Approval by Health 1-11 Authorities. 1-12 All connections to public water supply systems for 1-13 residential or other use shall be made in such a way that all water 1-14 received from the public water supply shall be consumed or 1-15 discharged into an approved sewage disposal system and shall not be 1-16 intentionally returned to the public water supply. All such 1-17 connections shall be approved by local and state health or water 1-18 authorities. 1-19 Sec. 756.051. Criminal Penalty. 1-20 A person commits an offense if the person violates Section 1-21 756.050, which offense shall be a Class C misdemeanor punishable by 1-22 a fine not to exceed the maximum amount permissible for such 1-23 offenses stated in the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. Each day 2-1 of a continuing violation constitutes a separate offense. 2-2 SECTION 2. EMERGENCY CLAUSE. The importance of this 2-3 legislation and the crowded condition of the calendars in both 2-4 houses create an emergency and an imperative public necessity that 2-5 the constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-6 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.