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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the duty of a water supply system to provide certain |
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information to consumers regarding fluoride in drinking water. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 341, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 341.0335 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 341.0335. FLUORIDATED WATER; DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN |
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INFORMATION. (a) Except as provided in Subsection (b), a water |
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supply system that furnishes drinking water to which fluoride has |
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been added shall disclose in a conspicuous place on the system's |
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publicly accessible Internet website: |
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(1) the amount of fluoride that occurs naturally in |
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the drinking water furnished by the system to a customer; |
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(2) the amount of fluoride added to the drinking water |
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before distribution to a customer; |
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(3) the combined amount of fluoride in the drinking |
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water from the sources described by Subdivisions (1) and (2); |
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(4) as applicable, the identity of: |
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(A) the person who supplies the fluoride |
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additive; and |
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(B) the person with whom the system contracts to |
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add fluoride to the drinking water; and |
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(5) the annual cost of adding fluoride to the drinking |
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water distributed by the system, including the cost of the fluoride |
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additive, the labor for adding the fluoride, and any contracts |
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related to the fluoride additive. |
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(b) A water supply system that does not maintain an Internet |
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website shall annually disclose the information required under |
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Subsection (a) by including a copy of the information with a bill |
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sent to the system's customers. |
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SECTION 2. A water supply system shall disclose the |
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information required by Section 341.0335, Health and Safety Code, |
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as added by this Act, not later than January 1, 2020. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |