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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the designation of a local governmental entity as an |
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authorized agent of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality |
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to regulate the use of 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 366.035, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 366.035. MANDATORY APPLICATION FOR AND MAINTENANCE OF |
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DESIGNATION. A local governmental entity that applies to the Texas |
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Water Development Board for financial assistance under a program |
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for economically distressed areas must take all actions necessary |
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to receive and maintain a designation as an authorized agent of the |
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commission if: |
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(1) the financial assistance is for a project related |
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to on-site sewage disposal systems; and |
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(2) the local governmental entity is not located in |
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the jurisdiction of an authorized agent. |
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SECTION 2. Section 366.036(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) If the commission designates a local governmental |
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entity as its authorized agent and if the entity intends to apply to |
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the Texas Water Development Board for financial assistance under a |
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program for economically distressed areas and the financial |
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assistance is for a project related to on-site sewage disposal |
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systems, the commissioners court of the county in which the entity |
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is located shall prepare a map of the county area outside the limits |
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of municipalities. The entity shall give to the commissioners |
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court a written notice of the entity's intention to apply for the |
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assistance. The map must show the parts of the area in which the |
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different types of on-site sewage disposal systems may be |
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appropriately located and the parts in which the different types of |
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systems may not be appropriately located. |
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SECTION 3. Sections 366.035 and 366.036, Health and Safety |
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Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to an application for |
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financial assistance submitted on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. An application for financial assistance submitted before |
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the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on |
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the date the application was submitted, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |