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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the publication of pathogen-related data from river |
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basins by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 26.0135, Water Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (h-1) to read as follows: |
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(h-1) Each river authority shall regularly provide to the |
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commission data from the river authority's watershed and river |
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basin water quality database that relates to pathogens and pathogen |
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indicators in the river authority's river basin. The commission |
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shall publish on the commission's Internet website: |
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(1) data received under this subsection; and |
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(2) data related to pathogens and pathogen indicators |
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in river basins where a river authority is unable to perform an |
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adequate assessment of its own watershed. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |