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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to regulation of on-site sewage disposal systems including |
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occupational licensure requirements associated with those systems. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 366.002(7), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(7) "On-site sewage disposal system" means one or more |
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systems of treatment devices and disposal facilities that: |
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(A) produce not more than 10,000 [5,000] gallons |
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of waste each day; and |
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(B) are used only for disposal of sewage produced |
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on a site on which any part of the system is located. |
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SECTION 2. Section 366.0512, Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 366.0512. MULTIPLE TREATMENT SYSTEMS. A multiple |
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system of treatment devices and disposal facilities may be |
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permitted as an on-site disposal system under this chapter if the |
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system: |
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(1) is located on a tract of land of at least 100 acres |
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in size; |
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(2) produces not more than 10,000 [5,000] gallons a |
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day on an annual average basis; |
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(3) is used only on a seasonal or intermittent basis; |
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and |
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(4) is used only for disposal of sewage produced on the |
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tract of land on which any part of the system is located. |
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SECTION 3. Section 366.052(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Sections 366.051, 366.053, 366.054, and 366.057 do not |
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apply to an on-site sewage disposal system of a single residence |
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that is located on a land tract that is 1,000 [10] acres or larger in |
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which the field line or sewage disposal line is not closer than 100 |
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feet of the property line. |
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SECTION 4. Section 366.071(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A person who constructs, installs, alters, extends, |
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services, maintains, pumps, or repairs an on-site sewage disposal |
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system or any part of an on-site sewage disposal system for |
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compensation must hold a license or registration issued by the |
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commission under Chapter 37, Water Code. |
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SECTION 5. (a) Section 366.0512, Water Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies only to a permit application for an on-site |
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disposal system filed with the Texas Commission on Environmental |
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Quality on or after the effective date of this Act. A permit |
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application filed before the effective date of this Act is governed |
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by the law in effect on the date of filing, and that law is continued |
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in effect for that purpose. |
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(b) Section 366.052(a), Water Code, as amended by this Act, |
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applies only to a residence for which construction begins on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. A residence for which |
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construction began before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect when construction began, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |