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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to notification by the Texas Commission on Environmental |
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Quality of accidental discharge or spill threatening certain public |
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water systems. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 26, Water Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 26.0395 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 26.0395. NOTIFICATION OF ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE OR SPILL |
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THREATENING CERTAIN PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS. As soon as possible |
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after the commission detects or becomes aware of an accidental |
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discharge or spill that threatens water that is a source for a |
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public water system and not later than the time the commission |
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notifies the news media of the accidental discharge or spill, the |
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commission shall notify the owner or operator of each public water |
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system that may be threatened by the accidental discharge or spill. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |