By Bailey H.B. No. 2887 76R8129 PAM-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to prohibiting construction or improvement on property 1-3 near certain water sources in certain counties. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 341, Health and Safety 1-6 Code, is amended by adding Section 341.0371 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 341.0371. PROTECTION OF CERTAIN WATER SOURCES IN 1-8 CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) In this section, "water well" has the 1-9 meaning assigned by Section 32.001, Water Code. 1-10 (b) This section applies only to the unincorporated area of 1-11 a county that has a population of 2.8 million or more. 1-12 (c) A person may not engage in the construction or 1-13 improvement of any property located within 500 feet of a septic 1-14 tank or water well. 1-15 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act does not apply 1-16 to the construction or improvement of property that began before 1-17 the effective date of this Act. 1-18 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-19 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-20 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-21 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-22 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.