79R13599 SLO-D


By:  Puente                                                       H.B. No. 2916

Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2916:                                   

By:  Puente                                                   C.S.H.B. No. 2916


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to a prohibition on the issuance of a permit for an on-site sewage disposal system in violation of certain local regulations. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 366, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Section 366.0571 to read as follows: Sec. 366.0571. ISSUANCE OF PERMIT IN VIOLATION OF CERTAIN LOCAL REGULATIONS PROHIBITED. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the commission or an authorized agent may not issue a permit under this chapter for an on-site sewage disposal system the installation or operation of which would violate an ordinance, order, or rule of a local governmental entity regulating the minimum acreage of a site on which an on-site sewage disposal system may be installed. (b) This section applies only to the issuance of a permit for an on-site sewage disposal system that is to be installed or operated on a subdivision plat created on or before December 31, 1900. SECTION 2. 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, 2005.