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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to compliance with federal occupational safety and health |
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standards in environmental enforcement. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 7, Water Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 7.256 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 7.256. COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND |
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HEALTH STANDARDS. If a person can establish that an act or event |
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that otherwise would be a violation of a statute within the |
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commission's jurisdiction or a rule adopted or an order or permit |
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issued by the commission under such a statute was caused solely by |
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compliance with the general duty clause of the federal Occupational |
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Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. Section 654), the act or |
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event is not a violation of that statute, rule, order, or permit. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |