86R12378 JAM-F
 
  By: Reynolds H.B. No. 2426
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to regulation of on-site sewage disposal systems including
  occupational licensure requirements associated with those systems.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 366.002(7), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
               (7)  "On-site sewage disposal system" means one or more
  systems of treatment devices and disposal facilities that:
                     (A)  produce not more than 10,000 [5,000] gallons
  of waste each day; and
                     (B)  are used only for disposal of sewage produced
  on a site on which any part of the system is located.
         SECTION 2.  Section 366.0512, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 366.0512.  MULTIPLE TREATMENT SYSTEMS. A multiple
  system of treatment devices and disposal facilities may be
  permitted as an on-site disposal system under this chapter if the
  system:
               (1)  is located on a tract of land of at least 100 acres
  in size;
               (2)  produces not more than 10,000 [5,000] gallons a
  day on an annual average basis;
               (3)  is used only on a seasonal or intermittent basis;
  and
               (4)  is used only for disposal of sewage produced on the
  tract of land on which any part of the system is located.
         SECTION 3.  Section 366.052(a), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  Sections 366.051, 366.053, 366.054, and 366.057 do not
  apply to an on-site sewage disposal system of a single residence
  that is located on a land tract that is 1,000 [10] acres or larger in
  which the field line or sewage disposal line is not closer than 100
  feet of the property line.
         SECTION 4.  Section 366.071(a), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A person who constructs, installs, alters, extends,
  services, maintains, pumps, or repairs an on-site sewage disposal
  system or any part of an on-site sewage disposal system for
  compensation must hold a license or registration issued by the
  commission under Chapter 37, Water Code.
         SECTION 5.  (a) Section 366.0512, Water Code, as amended by
  this Act, applies only to a permit application for an on-site
  disposal system filed with the Texas Commission on Environmental
  Quality on or after the effective date of this Act. A permit
  application filed before the effective date of this Act is governed
  by the law in effect on the date of filing, and that law is continued
  in effect for that purpose.
         (b)  Section 366.052(a), Water Code, as amended by this Act,
  applies only to a residence for which construction begins on or
  after the effective date of this Act. A residence for which
  construction began before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect when construction began, and the
  former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.