By Brown of Kaufman                                   H.B. No. 2093
         77R7418 JAT-F                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the regulation of on-site sewage disposal systems.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1. Sections 366.032(a) and (c), Health and Safety
 1-5     Code, are amended to read as follows:
 1-6           (a)  The local governmental entity's order or resolution
 1-7     must:
 1-8                 (1)  incorporate the commission's rules on abatement or
 1-9     prevention of pollution and the prevention of injury to the public
1-10     health;
1-11                 (2)  meet or exceed the commission's minimum
1-12     requirements for on-site sewage disposal systems; and
1-13                 (3)  include a written enforcement plan.
1-14           (c)  An authorized agent must file with the [obtain]
1-15     commission any [approval of] substantive amendments to the agent's
1-16     order or resolution.
1-17           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.