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AN ACT
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relating to eligibility for a municipal setting designation related |
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to potential impacts to groundwater quality of solid waste |
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activities. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 361.803, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 361.803. ELIGIBILITY FOR A MUNICIPAL SETTING |
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DESIGNATION. A person, including a local government, may submit a |
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request to the executive director for a municipal setting |
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designation for property if: |
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(1) the property is within the corporate limits or |
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extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality authorized by |
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statute [that has a population of at least 20,000]; and |
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(2) a public drinking water supply system exists that |
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satisfies the requirements of Chapter 341 and that supplies or is |
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capable of supplying drinking water to: |
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(A) the property for which designation is sought; |
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and |
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(B) property within one-half mile of the property |
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for which designation is sought. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2018 was passed by the House on April |
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13, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 129, Nays 9, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2018 was passed by the Senate on May |
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8, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |