By: Barrientos S.B. No. 1225
(In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2005; March 21, 2005, read
first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
April 26, 2005, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 9,
Nays 0, 1 present not voting; April 26, 2005, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the regulation of rainwater harvested for domestic use.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 341, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 341.042 to read as follows:
Sec. 341.042. STANDARDS FOR HARVESTED RAINWATER. The
commission shall establish standards relating to the domestic use
of harvested rainwater, including health and safety standards for
treatment and collection methods for harvested rainwater intended
for drinking, cooking, or bathing.
SECTION 2. Not later than March 1, 2006, the Texas
Commission on Environmental Quality shall adopt standards as
required by Section 341.042, Health and Safety Code, as added by
this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.
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