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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authorization of certain reuse water system |
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contributions and discharges. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 26, Water Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 26.0271 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 26.0271. PERMITS AUTHORIZING REUSE SYSTEM |
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CONTRIBUTIONS AND DISCHARGES. (a) This section applies only to |
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wastewater treatment facilities operated by an agency of a |
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home-rule municipality with a population of one million or more. |
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(b) In any permit or amendment to a permit issued under this |
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chapter, the commission may authorize a wastewater treatment |
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facility to contribute treated domestic wastewater produced by the |
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facility as reclaimed water to a reuse water system if the |
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commission has approved the use of reclaimed water from the |
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wastewater treatment facility. |
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(c) In any permit or amendment to a permit issued under this |
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chapter, the commission shall authorize a wastewater treatment |
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facility to: |
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(1) contribute reclaimed water into a reuse water |
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system operated by the agency; and |
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(2) discharge reclaimed water contributed to a reuse |
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water system at any outfall for which a discharge from the reuse |
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water system is authorized in any permit issued for any wastewater |
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treatment facility operated by the agency. |
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(d) For an effluent limitation violation occurring at an |
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outfall permitted for reuse system discharges by more than one |
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wastewater treatment facility, the commission shall attribute the |
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violation to the wastewater treatment facility contributing the |
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reclaimed water causing the violation. For a violation that is not |
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directly attributable to a specific wastewater treatment facility, |
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the commission shall attribute the violation to the wastewater |
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treatment facility contributing the greatest volume of reclaimed |
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water to the reuse system on the date of the violation. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by Section 26.0271, Water |
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Code, as added by this Act, applies only to permits or amendments to |
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permits issued on or after the effective date of this Act. A permit |
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or permit amendment that was issued before the effective date of |
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this Act is governed by the law in effect at the time the permit or |
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amendment to the permit was issued, and the former law is continued |
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in effect for that purpose. |
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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. |