Bill Text: TX HB156 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a study by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality regarding the protection of certain water facilities from catastrophes.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2025-02-27 - Referred to Natural Resources [HB156 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB156-Introduced.html
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| By: Raymond | H.B. No. 156 | |
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| relating to a study by the Texas Commission on Environmental | ||
| Quality regarding the protection of certain water facilities from | ||
| catastrophes. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. (a) The Texas Commission on Environmental | ||
| Quality shall conduct a study of potential methods for protecting | ||
| public drinking water supply systems regulated by the commission | ||
| under Chapter 341, Health and Safety Code, and wastewater treatment | ||
| facilities regulated by the commission under Chapter 26, Water | ||
| Code, from: | ||
| (1) electrical outages; | ||
| (2) catastrophic weather events; | ||
| (3) conduct that constitutes an offense under Chapter | ||
| 424, Government Code; | ||
| (4) the projected effects of climate change; and | ||
| (5) other potential disruptions to providing water | ||
| service. | ||
| (b) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall | ||
| consult with other state agencies or interested persons as needed | ||
| to facilitate the study. | ||
| (c) Not later than September 1, 2026, the Texas Commission | ||
| on Environmental Quality shall: | ||
| (1) create a report on the results of the study that | ||
| includes recommendations for legislative or other action to | ||
| facilitate the protection of the facilities described by Subsection | ||
| (a) of this section; and | ||
| (2) submit the report to the governor and the | ||
| legislature. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. | ||
