Bill Text: TX HB2771 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the fee collected for an on-site wastewater treatment permit application.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB2771 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2771-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2771 |
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relating to the fee collected for an on-site wastewater treatment | ||
permit application. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 367.008(b) and (c), Health and Safety | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
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projects by accredited colleges and universities in this state, by | ||
other governmental entities, or by acceptable public or private | ||
research centers regarding on-site wastewater treatment technology | ||
and systems applicable to this state that are directed toward | ||
improving the quality of wastewater treatment and reducing the cost | ||
of providing wastewater treatment to consumers, including | ||
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(c) The commission shall seek the advice of relevant experts | ||
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chapter. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 367.010(d), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(d) The fee proceeds shall be deposited to the credit of the | ||
water resources management account and may be used only for the | ||
purposes of Sections 367.007 and 367.008. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 5.701(p), Water Code, is amended to read | ||
as follows: | ||
(p) Notwithstanding any other law, fees collected for | ||
deposit to the water resource management account under the | ||
following statutes may be appropriated and used to protect water | ||
resources in this state, including assessment of water quality, | ||
reasonably related to the activities of any of the persons required | ||
to pay a fee under: | ||
(1) Subsection (b), to the extent those fees are paid | ||
by water districts, and Subsections (e), (f), and (n); or | ||
(2) Section 54.037(c) [ |
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SECTION 4. (a) The changes in law made by this Act apply | ||
only to an application for an on-site wastewater treatment permit | ||
received by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality or an | ||
authorized agent, as defined by Section 366.002, Health and Safety | ||
Code, on or after the effective date of this Act. An application | ||
received before the effective date of this Act is governed by the | ||
law in effect on the date the application was received, and the | ||
former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
(b) The changes in law made by this Act apply only to an | ||
application for a grant under Section 367.008, Health and Safety | ||
Code, as amended by this Act, submitted on or after the effective | ||
date of this Act. An application for a grant submitted before the | ||
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the | ||
date the application was submitted, and the former law is continued | ||
in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
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President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2771 was passed by the House on May 4, | ||
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 2771 on May 26, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 13, | ||
2 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2771 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |