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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality |
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to adopt rules preventing accidental or unintentional access to |
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on-site sewage disposal systems. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 366.012(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) To assure the effective and efficient administration of |
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this chapter, the commission shall: |
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(1) adopt rules governing the installation of on-site |
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sewage disposal systems, including rules concerning the: |
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(A) review and approval of on-site sewage |
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disposal systems; and |
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(B) temporary waiver of a permit for an emergency |
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repair; and |
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(2) adopt rules under this chapter that: |
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(A) encourage the use of economically feasible |
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alternative techniques and technologies for on-site sewage |
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disposal systems that can be used in soils not suitable for |
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conventional on-site sewage disposal; [and] |
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(B) address the separation of graywater, as |
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defined by Section 341.039, in a residence served by an on-site |
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sewage disposal system; and |
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(C) require on-site sewage disposal systems, |
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including risers and covers, installed after September 1, 2012, to |
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be designed to prevent accidental or unintentional access to the |
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system. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |