By McClendon H.B. No. 332 77R1206 MI-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to emergency complaints to and response by the Texas 1-3 Natural Resource Conservation Commission. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 5, Water Code, is amended 1-6 by adding Section 5.127 to read as follows: 1-7 Sec. 5.127. EMERGENCY COMPLAINTS TO AND RESPONSE BY 1-8 COMMISSION. (a) The commission shall provide a telephone line that 1-9 is available to the public 24 hours a day and seven days a week for 1-10 emergency complaints relating to an entity regulated by or a matter 1-11 under the jurisdiction of the commission. 1-12 (b) The commission by rule shall establish procedures for 1-13 immediate commission action in response to a complaint made outside 1-14 regular business hours regarding an emergency that presents a 1-15 threat to the environment or to the public health and safety. 1-16 SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after September 1, 2001, 1-17 the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission shall implement 1-18 the requirements of Section 5.127, Water Code, as added by this 1-19 Act. 1-20 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.