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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain notice requirements regarding fluoridation of a |
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water supply system. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 341.033, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows: |
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(j) An owner, agent, manager, operator, or other person in |
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charge of a public water supply system that furnishes for public or |
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private use drinking water containing added fluoride may not reduce |
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the amount of fluoride in the water or terminate the fluoridation of |
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the water unless the owner, agent, manager, operator, or person |
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provides written notice to the customers of the system, the |
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commission, and the department of the reduction or termination at |
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least 60 days before the reduction or termination. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |