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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to bond or insurance requirements for applicants for or |
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holders of certain on-site sewage disposal system-related |
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licenses. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 366.071(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A person who constructs, installs, alters, extends, |
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services, maintains, or repairs an on-site sewage disposal system |
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or any part of an on-site sewage disposal system for compensation |
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must hold a license or registration issued by the commission under |
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Chapter 37, Water Code. To obtain or renew a license or registration |
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prescribed by this subsection, a person must provide to the |
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commission evidence of a bond or insurance policy that: |
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(1) is in the amount and in a form prescribed by |
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commission rules; and |
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(2) requires the obligor on the bond or policy to pay, |
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to the extent of the face amount of the bond or policy, for any |
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damage to property resulting from the person's work on an on-site |
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sewage disposal system or any part of an on-site sewage disposal |
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system. |
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SECTION 2. (a) Not later than January 1, 2010, the Texas |
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Commission on Environmental Quality shall adopt rules as required |
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by Section 366.071(a), Health and Safety Code, as amended by this |
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Act. |
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(b) The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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366.071(a), Health and Safety Code, applies only to a person who |
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applies for issuance or renewal of a license or registration |
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prescribed by that subsection on or after June 1, 2010. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2009. |