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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the prohibition on water fluoridation; creating a |
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penalty. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 5, Chapter 341, Subchapter A, |
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Texas Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding new Section |
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341.033 (j) to read as follows: |
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Sec. 341.033 (j) FLUORIDE INTRODUCTION PROHIBITED. |
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(a) For the purposes of this section: |
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(1) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on |
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Environmental Quality. |
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(2) "Fluoride" means any chemical compound containing |
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the fluoride ion, including sodium fluoride, hydrofluoric acid, |
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sodium silicofluoride, and fluorosilicic acid; |
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(3) "Public water supply" means a water system that |
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provides water for human consumption through pipes or other |
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constructed conveyances to at least fifteen service connections or |
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serves an average of at least twenty-five people for at least sixty |
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days a year. |
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(b) A person may not add or cause to be added any form of |
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fluoride to any public water supply for the purpose of |
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fluoridation, regardless of the intended concentration. |
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(c) This section does not apply to any water treatment |
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process where fluoride is naturally occurring in a water source or |
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the use of fluoride for an industrial or manufacturing process not |
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related to public water treatment. |
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(d) A person in violation of this section is subject to a |
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fine of five hundred dollars, and subject to a fine of one thousand |
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dollars for a subsequent violation. |
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(e) The Commission shall enforce this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |