88R14128 JXC-F
 
  By: Landgraf H.B. No. 3810
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to certain notices provided to the Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality by public water supply systems.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 341.033, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (i) and adding Subsection (i-1) to
  read as follows:
         (i)  An owner, agent, manager, operator, or other person in
  charge of a public water supply system that furnishes water for
  public or private use or a wastewater system that provides
  wastewater services for public or private use shall maintain
  internal procedures to notify the commission immediately of the
  following events, if the event may negatively impact the production
  or delivery of safe and adequate drinking water:
               (1)  an unusual or unexplained unauthorized entry at
  property of the public water supply or wastewater system;
               (2)  an act of terrorism against the public water
  supply or wastewater system;
               (3)  an unauthorized attempt to probe for or gain
  access to proprietary information that supports the key activities
  of the public water supply or wastewater system;
               (4)  a theft of property that supports the key
  activities of the public water supply or wastewater system; [or]
               (5)  a natural disaster, accident, or act that results
  in damage to the public water supply or wastewater system; or
               (6)  a condition that has caused or could cause a public
  water supply outage or a public water supply system to issue a boil
  water notice, a do-not-use advisory, or a do-not-consume advisory.
         (i-1)  The commission may collaborate with the Texas
  Division of Emergency Management in regulating the method of
  notifications provided under Subsection (i)(6).
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.