78R4318 MI-D

By:  Christian                                                    H.B. No. 1418



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to notification of the state representatives and state 
senators of a proceeding to impose on a county with a population of 
less than 75,000 a penalty or fine for an alleged environmental 
violation.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 7, Water Code, is amended 
by adding Section 7.0551 to read as follows:
	Sec. 7.0551.  NOTICE TO STATE SENATORS AND STATE 
REPRESENTATIVES.  If the executive director is required under 
Section 7.055 to give written notice of a report of a violation for 
an alleged violation by a county with a population of less than 
75,000, the executive director shall give the same written notice 
to the state senators and the state representatives for the 
districts in which the county is located.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter D, Chapter 7, Water Code, is amended 
by  adding Section 7.1065 to read as follows:
	Sec. 7.1065.  NOTICE TO STATE SENATORS AND STATE 
REPRESENTATIVES.  If a civil suit is filed under Section 7.105 to 
recover a penalty for an alleged violation by a county with a 
population of less than 75,000, the executive director, not later 
than the 10th day after the date the suit is filed,  shall give 
written notice of the suit and of the relief or penalty sought to 
the state senators and the state representatives for the districts 
in which the county is located.
	SECTION 3.  (a)  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                      
	(b)  The changes in law made by Sections 7.0551 and 7.1065, 
Water Code, as added by this Act, apply  only to:
		(1)  a violation for which a report of a violation is 
issued under Section 7.054, Water Code, on or after September 1, 
2003; and
		(2)  a suit to recover a civil penalty under Section 
7.105, Water Code, that is instituted on or after September 1, 2003.