By Dukes H.B. No. 435
77R2408 JAT-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to complaints filed with the Texas Natural Resource
1-3 Conservation Commission.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 5, Water Code, is amended by
1-6 adding Sections 5.1771 and 5.1772 to read as follows:
1-7 Sec. 5.1771. COMPLAINT ASSESSMENT. (a) The commission
1-8 annually shall conduct a comprehensive analysis of the complaints
1-9 it receives, including analysis by the following categories:
1-10 (1) air;
1-11 (2) water;
1-12 (3) waste;
1-13 (4) priority classification;
1-14 (5) region;
1-15 (6) commission response;
1-16 (7) enforcement action taken; and
1-17 (8) trends by complaint type.
1-18 (b) In addition to the analysis required by Subsection (a),
1-19 the commission shall assess the impact of changes made in the
1-20 commission's complaint policy.
1-21 Sec. 5.1772. COORDINATION WITH LOCAL OFFICIALS. When
1-22 investigating complaints the commission shall make reasonable
1-23 efforts to work with local officials from the area that is the
1-24 subject of the complaint.
2-1 SECTION 2. Section 5.178(b), Water Code, is amended to read
2-2 as follows:
2-3 (b) The report due by December 1 of an even-numbered year
2-4 shall include, in addition:
2-5 (1) the commission's recommendations for necessary and
2-6 desirable legislation; and
2-7 (2) the following reports:
2-8 (A) the assessments and reports required by
2-9 Sections 361.0219(c), 361.0232, [361.485,] 361.510, 371.063, and
2-10 382.141, Health and Safety Code; [and]
2-11 (B) the reports required by Section 26.0135(d)
2-12 of this code and Section 5.02, Chapter 133, Acts of the 69th
2-13 Legislature, Regular Session, 1985; and
2-14 (C) a summary of the analyses and assessments
2-15 required by Section 5.1771 of this code.
2-16 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.