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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the requirements for certification to provide training |
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to an owner of an on-site sewage disposal system using aerobic |
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treatment in maintaining the system. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 366.0515, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsections (a) and (g) as follows: |
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(a) An authorized agent or the commission may not condition |
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a permit or the approval of a permit for an on-site sewage disposal |
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system using aerobic treatment for a single-family residence |
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located in a county with a population of less than 40,000 on the |
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system's owner contracting for the maintenance of the system. |
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(g) The owner of a single-family residence located in a |
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county with a population of less than 40,000 shall maintain the |
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system directly or through a maintenance contract. [The commission
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shall adopt rules governing:
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[(1) the training in system maintenance to be provided
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to an owner who elects to maintain the system directly; and
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[(2) the maintenance of a system by the owner of the
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system.] |
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SECTION 2. Section 366.0515, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by deleting Subsections (h), (i), (j), (n), and (o). |
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SECTION 3. Section 366.071(d), Health and Safety Code, as |
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repealed by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 1129, Sec. 4 is reinstated. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |