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78R2861 QS-F


By:  Puente                                                       H.B. No. 487



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a requirement that certain irrigation systems have rain 
shut-off devices.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 1903.053, Occupations Code, is amended 
by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
	(d)  Notwithstanding Subsection (b), the commission shall 
adopt standards requiring a newly installed or modified irrigation 
system to have a rain shut-off device that overrides the irrigation 
cycle of the system when a specified amount of rainfall has 
occurred.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.