1-1     By:  Brown                                             S.B. No. 687
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed February 13, 2001; February 15, 2001,
 1-3     read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
 1-4     March 1, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
 1-5     Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0; March 1, 2001,
 1-6     sent to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 687                    By:  Brown
 1-8                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-9                                   AN ACT
1-10     relating to criminal penalties for the intentional or knowing
1-11     discharge of waste or pollutants.
1-12           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-13           SECTION 1.  Section 7.145, Water Code, is amended to read as
1-14     follows:
1-15           Sec. 7.145.  INTENTIONAL OR KNOWING UNAUTHORIZED DISCHARGE.
1-16     (a)  A person commits an offense if the person, acting
1-17     intentionally or knowingly with respect to the person's conduct,
1-18     discharges or allows the discharge of a waste or pollutant:
1-19                 (1)  into or adjacent to water in the state that causes
1-20     or threatens to cause water pollution unless the waste or pollutant
1-21     is discharged in strict compliance with all required permits or
1-22     with an order issued or a rule adopted by the appropriate
1-23     regulatory agency; or
1-24                 (2)  from a point source in violation of Chapter 26 or
1-25     of a rule, permit, or order of the appropriate regulatory agency.
1-26           (b)  An offense under this section is punishable for an
1-27     individual under Section 7.187(1)(C) or Section 7.187(2)(F)
1-28     [7.187(2)(D)] or both.
1-29           SECTION 2.  Section 7.146, Water Code, is repealed.
1-30           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-31     a vote of two-thirds of the members elected to each house, as
1-32     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-33     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-34     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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