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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to written notice to a groundwater conservation district |
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of groundwater contamination. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 5.236, Water Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) If the executive director acquires information that |
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confirms that a potential public health hazard exists because |
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usable groundwater has been or is being contaminated, the executive |
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director, not later than the 30th day after the date on which the |
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executive director acquires the information confirming |
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contamination, shall give written notice of the contamination to |
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the following persons: |
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(1) the county judge and the county health officer, if |
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any, in each county in which the contamination has occurred or is |
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occurring; |
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(2) any person under the commission's jurisdiction who |
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is suspected of contributing to the contamination; [and] |
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(3) any other state agency with jurisdiction over any |
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person who is suspected of contributing to the contamination; and |
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(4) a groundwater conservation district, if the |
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contamination has occurred or is occurring in the jurisdiction of |
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the district. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies only to groundwater |
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contamination about which the executive director of the Texas |
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Commission on Environmental Quality acquires information on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. Groundwater contamination |
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about which the executive director of the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality acquires information before the effective |
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date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the |
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information is acquired, and the former law is continued in effect |
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for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |