77R12911 E By Geren H.B. No. 2653 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2653: By Bonnen C.S.H.B. No. 2653 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the form and content of notices of matters under the 1-3 jurisdiction of the Texas 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. SUMMARY FOR PUBLIC NOTICES. (a) The commission 1-8 by rule shall provide for each public notice issued or published by 1-9 the commission or by a person under the jurisdiction of the 1-10 commission as required by law or by commission rule to include at 1-11 the beginning of the notice a succinct statement of the subject of 1-12 the notice. The rules must provide that a summary statement must 1-13 be designed to inform the reader of the subject matter of the 1-14 notice without having to read the entire text of the notice. 1-15 (b) The summary statement may not be grounds for challenging 1-16 the validity of the proposed action for which the notice was 1-17 published. 1-18 SECTION 2. (a) The commission shall adopt rules under 1-19 Section 5.127, Water Code, as added by this Act, to take effect not 1-20 later than March 1, 2002. 1-21 (b) This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.