1-1     By:  Lewis of Orange (Senate Sponsor - Brown)         H.B. No. 2403
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 7, 2001;
 1-3     May 7, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Natural
 1-4     Resources; May 11, 2001, reported favorably, as amended, by the
 1-5     following vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6     COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1                                By:  Brown
 1-7           Amend H.B. No. 2403 as follows:
 1-8           (1)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 372.004(c),
 1-9     Health and Safety Code (House Engrossment page 1, lines 41 and 42),
1-10     strike "Beginning in February 2003, the commission shall report to
1-11     the legislature in January" and substitute "The commission shall
1-12     report to the legislature not later than February 28".
1-13           (2)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 372.004(d),
1-14     Health and Safety Code (House Engrossment page 1, lines 57 and 58),
1-15     strike "by January 2003, and each January thereafter" and
1-16     substitute "not later than January 31 of each year".
1-17           (3)  Strike SECTION 2 of the bill and substitute the
1-18     following:
1-19           SECTION 2.  (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
1-20           (b)  The Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission shall
1-21     submit to the legislature the initial report required by Section
1-22     372.004(c), Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, in
1-23     February 2003.  Appropriate trade associations or other entities
1-24     shall begin providing information to the commission as required by
1-25     Section 372.004(d), Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act,
1-26     in January 2003.
1-27                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-28                                   AN ACT
1-29     relating to reporting requirements regarding certain
1-30     clothes-washing machines.
1-31           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-32           SECTION 1. Chapter 372, Health and Safety Code, is amended by
1-33     adding Section 372.004 to read as follows:
1-34           Sec. 372.004.  REPORT TO LEGISLATURE. (a)  In this section,
1-35     "water consumption factor" has the meaning assigned by 10 C.F.R.
1-36     Part 430, Subpart B, Appendix J, as that appendix existed on
1-37     September 1, 2001.
1-38           (b)  This section does not apply to a clothes-washing machine
1-39     with a capacity of more than 3.5 cubic feet or less than 1.6 cubic
1-40     feet.
1-41           (c)  Beginning in February 2003, the commission shall report
1-42     to the legislature in January of each year on:
1-43                 (1)  the number of clothes-washing machines with a
1-44     water consumption factor of more than 11 that were imported into
1-45     this state during the preceding calendar year;
1-46                 (2)  the number of clothes-washing machines with a
1-47     water consumption factor of more than 9.5 but not more than 11 that
1-48     were imported into this state during the preceding calendar year;
1-49                 (3)  the number of clothes-washing machines with a
1-50     water consumption factor of 9.5 or less that were imported into
1-51     this state during the preceding calendar year; and
1-52                 (4)  the average water consumption factor of all
1-53     clothes-washing machines that were imported into this state during
1-54     the preceding calendar year.
1-55           (d)  The commission by rule shall require appropriate
1-56     industry trade associations or other entities to provide the
1-57     information described by Subsection (c)  to the commission by
1-58     January 2003, and each January thereafter.
1-59           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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