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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the permitting of certain small commercial development |
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and county park sewage collection, treatment, and disposal systems |
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as on-site sewage disposal systems. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 366, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 366.0513 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 366.0513. SMALL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND COUNTY PARK |
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SYSTEMS. (a) A small commercial development sewage collection, |
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treatment, and disposal system may be permitted as an on-site |
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sewage disposal system under this chapter if the system: |
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(1) is located on property jointly owned by the |
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property owners served by the system, as described by the county |
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deed records; |
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(2) produces not more than 5,000 gallons a day on an |
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annual average basis; |
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(3) serves an area that does not exceed 15 acres; |
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(4) is designed to serve two or more sewage-generating |
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units on separate tracts of land; |
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(5) collects sewage only from commercial or |
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institutional facilities or business parks; |
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(6) is located more than 2,000 feet from the nearest |
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reservoir used for municipal water supply, unless the owner of the |
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reservoir consents in writing; |
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(7) is approved by the governing body of any |
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municipality: |
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(A) that provides wastewater utility service to |
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the property where the system is located at the time of the request |
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for the permit; and |
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(B) in whose boundaries or extraterritorial |
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jurisdiction the property is located; |
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(8) includes an interceptor for any facility engaged |
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in food service activities, if required by commission rule or local |
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ordinance or code; |
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(9) does not accept waste streams from industrial |
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users subject to general pretreatment regulations under 40 C.F.R. |
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Part 403; and |
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(10) is professionally managed by an entity with the |
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appropriate authorization required by the commission to manage the |
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system. |
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(b) A sewage collection, treatment, and disposal system |
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that serves a county park may be permitted as an on-site sewage |
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disposal system under this chapter if the system: |
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(1) is located on property owned or operated by the |
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county; |
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(2) produces not more than 5,000 gallons a day on an |
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annual average basis; |
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(3) collects only sewage generated at the park; and |
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(4) meets the requirements of Subsections |
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(a)(6)-(10). |
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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, 2013. |