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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the wastewater treatment permit application; |
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eliminating a fee. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 367.010, Health and Safety Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 2. Section 367.007(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The commission may accept grants and donations to [from
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other sources to supplement the fees collected under Section
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367.010. Grants and donations shall] be deposited to the credit of |
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the water resource management account. Gifts and grants [and] may |
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be disbursed as the commission directs and in accordance with |
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Section 367.008. |
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SECTION 3. Section 5.701(p), Water Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(p) Notwithstanding any other law, fees collected for |
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deposit to the water resource management account under the |
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following statutes may be appropriated and used to protect water |
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resources in this state, including assessment of water quality, |
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reasonably related to the activities of any of the persons required |
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to pay a fee under: |
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(1) Subsection (b), to the extent those fees are paid |
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by water districts, and Subsections (e), (f), and (n); or |
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(2) Section 54.037(c) [; or
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[(3) Section 367.010, Health and Safety Code]. |
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SECTION 4. |
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The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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an application for an on-site wastewater treatment permit received |
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by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. An application received before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the |
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date the application was received, and the former law is continued |
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in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |