BILL ANALYSIS


                                                        H.B. 2049
                                              By: Jackson (Brown)
                                                Natural Resources
                                                         04-10-95
                              Senate Committee Report (Unamended)
BACKGROUND

The Gulf Coast Waste Disposal Authority (GCA) operates a publicly-owned treatment works program, in which it accepts wastewater
discharges from industrial and domestic sources for treatment.  The
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approves the GCA's
pretreatment program and requires it to meet federal criteria.  The
EPA has determined that the current GCA statute does not provide
sufficient penalty authority.

PURPOSE

As proposed, S.B. 1441 subjects a person who violates a rule,
permit, or order of the Gulf Coast Water Disposal Authority to a
civil penalty.

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not grant any
additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or
agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 3.05(a), Chapter 409, Acts of the 61st
Legislature, Regular Session, 1969, to subject a person who
violates a rule, permit, or order of the Gulf Coast Water Disposal
Authority to a civil penalty of not less than $50 nor more than
$1,000 for each violation or for each day of a continuing
violation.

SECTION 2. Emergency clause.
           Effective date: upon passage.