By Serna H.B. No. 3151 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the regulation and application permitting of 1-3 construction, expansion, modification or altering of an industrial 1-4 laundry within the city limits of a certain city. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS. In this Act: 1-7 (1) "Commission" means the Texas Natural Resources 1-8 Commission. 1-9 (2) "Industrial Laundry" means a laundry that uses 1-10 toxic chemicals, pumice stone or caustic to wash, finish, or alter 1-11 the appearance of a garment or fabric for retail sale or wholesale 1-12 distribution by a manufacture, distributor, or wholesaler of 1-13 apparel. 1-14 (3) "Person" means an individual, sole proprietorship, 1-15 association, corporation, business trust, or other private legal 1-16 entity. 1-17 (4) "Pumice stone" means an abrasive that is gritty 1-18 volcanic dust, very light in weight, and buoyant in liquid. 1-19 Section 2. CAPACITY USAGE. (a) A capacity water usage of 1-20 no more than 250,000 gallons per day of potable water drawn from 1-21 Public Service Board water lines shall be prohibited for any future 1-22 planned Industrial Laundry facilities within the limits. 1-23 (b) The city's Public Service Board may determine or set the 2-1 required amounts of water consumption of present plants currently 2-2 under construction, modification and or expansion. 2-3 (c) Laundry facilities of a larger water consumption 2-4 presently in operation, under construction, modification and or 2-5 expansion shall be prohibited from potable water usage of no more 2-6 than one million gallons (on million) per day within city limits. 2-7 SECTION 3. LICENSE RENEWAL. (a.) A license is valid one 2-8 year and may be renewed subject to inspection and review of laundry 2-9 facility and complete audit of water consumption records. 2-10 SECTION 4. EMERGENCY. The importance of this legislation 2-11 and the crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-12 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-13 constitutional rule requiring bill to be read on three several days 2-14 in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.