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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to boil water notification requirements for water systems. | 
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       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
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       SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 341, Health and Safety  | 
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Code, is amended by adding Section 341.043 to read as follows: | 
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       Sec. 341.043.  BOIL WATER NOTICES.  (a)  The operator of a  | 
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public drinking water supply system, when required by commission  | 
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rule to issue a boil water notice to its customers, shall: | 
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             (1)  provide the notice in writing to each customer as  | 
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prescribed by commission rule to the street address of the  | 
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customer; and | 
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             (2)  attempt to reach each customer by telephone to  | 
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provide notice as prescribed by commission rule. | 
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       (b)  When a boil water notice is no longer in effect,  the  | 
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operator of a public drinking water supply system shall notify each  | 
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customer that the boil water notice has expired in the manner  | 
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described by Subsection (a). | 
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       SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |