83R7771 SLB-F
 
  By: Callegari H.B. No. 2154
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the applicability of the law governing innovative
  programs for environmental regulation administered by the Texas
  Commission on Environmental Quality.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 5.751, Water Code, is amended to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 5.751.  APPLICABILITY.  This subchapter applies to
  programs under the jurisdiction of the commission under Chapters
  26, 27, and 32 of this code and Chapters 361, 375, 382, and 401,
  Health and Safety Code.  It does not apply to:
               (1)  occupational licensing programs under the
  jurisdiction of the commission; or
               (2)  a program for the permitting of desalination
  facilities, including facilities that use reverse osmosis,
  nanofiltration, or electrodialysis reversal.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.