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78R5698 JJT-F

By:  Bailey                                                       H.B. No. 1646



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a study of the regulation, design, planning, 
construction, installation, operation, maintenance, and inspection 
of on-site sewage disposal systems.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality 
shall conduct a study of the regulation, design, planning, 
construction, installation, operation, maintenance, and inspection 
of on-site sewage disposal systems.
	SECTION 2.  The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality 
shall appoint an advisory committee to assist the commission in 
conducting the study required by Section 1 of this Act.  The 
advisory committee must consist of not more than 12 individuals 
knowledgeable about and affected by the regulation of on-site 
sewage disposal systems and must include designers, manufacturers, 
installers, regulators on the state and local levels, builders of 
homes, mobile home dealers, and consumers.  Advisory committee 
members may not receive compensation for their services.
	SECTION 3.  The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality 
shall issue a report on the study to the governor, the lieutenant 
governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives not later 
than September 1, 2004.  The study must include recommendations for 
measures to eliminate or prevent environmental and health hazards 
related to on-site sewage disposal system regulation, design, 
planning, construction, installation, operation, maintenance, and 
inspection.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.