By:  Armbrister                                                   S.B. No. 780

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.