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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to notification procedures concerning groundwater |
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contamination. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 26.408(b), Water Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(b) As soon as practicable but not [Not] later than the 30th |
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day after the date the commission receives notice under Subsection |
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(a) or obtains independent knowledge of groundwater contamination, |
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the commission shall make every effort to give notice of the |
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contamination by first class mail, e-mail, notice placed on the |
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door of a residence, or another effective delivery method to: |
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(1) each owner of a private drinking water well that |
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may be affected by the contamination; |
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(2) [and to] each applicable groundwater conservation |
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district; and |
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(3) the residents of each residential address within |
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one mile of the site of the contamination. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |