By:  Cain                                             S.B. No. 1738
         2001S0392/1                            
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to standards for on-site sewage disposal systems.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Subsections (b) and (c), Section 366.032, Health
 1-5     and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
 1-6           (b)  If the order or resolution adopts more stringent
 1-7     standards for on-site sewage disposal systems than this chapter or
 1-8     the commission's standards [and provides greater public health and
 1-9     safety protection], the authorized agent's order or resolution
1-10     prevails over this chapter or the standards.
1-11           (c)  An authorized agent that adopts an order or resolution
1-12     with more stringent standards for on-site sewage disposal systems
1-13     must file the [obtain commission approval of substantive amendments
1-14     to the agent's] order or resolution with the commission before
1-15     enactment.
1-16           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.