By: Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Johnson) | H.B. No. 3142 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2019; | ||
May 7, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Water & | ||
Rural Affairs; May 15, 2019, reported favorably by the following | ||
vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 15, 2019, sent to printer.) | ||
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relating to Texas Commission on Environmental Quality reminders to | ||
public drinking water supply systems regarding reporting | ||
requirements. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 341.0315, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows: | ||
(e) The commission shall establish a system to provide | ||
automatic reminders to public drinking water supply systems about | ||
regular reporting requirements applicable to the systems under the | ||
federal Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. Section 300f et seq.) and | ||
this chapter that relate to commission rules adopted under those | ||
laws. An automatic reminder provided under this subsection is a | ||
courtesy. A public drinking water supply system is responsible for | ||
complying with applicable regular reporting requirements | ||
regardless of whether the commission provides automatic reminders. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
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