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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the applicability of the law governing innovative |
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programs for environmental regulation administered by the Texas |
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Commission on Environmental Quality. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 5.751, Water Code, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 5.751. APPLICABILITY. This subchapter applies to |
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programs under the jurisdiction of the commission under Chapters |
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26, 27, and 32 of this code and Chapters 361, 375, 382, and 401, |
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Health and Safety Code. It does not apply to: |
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(1) occupational licensing programs under the |
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jurisdiction of the commission; or |
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(2) a program for the permitting of desalination |
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facilities, including facilities that use reverse osmosis, |
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nanofiltration, or electrodialysis reversal. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |