Bill Text: TX HB2798 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled

Texas House Bill 2798 (In Recess)

Bill Title: Relating to the authority of a county to implement a pilot program to reuse wastewater at county facilities.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Vetoed) 2017-06-15 - Vetoed by the Governor [HB2798 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB2798-Enrolled.html



	H.B. No. 2798




	AN ACT
	relating to the authority of a county to implement a pilot program
	to reuse wastewater at county facilities.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 341, Health and Safety
	Code, is amended by adding Section 341.0391 to read as follows:
	Sec. 341.0391. COUNTY PILOT PROGRAM FOR WASTEWATER REUSE.
	(a) This section applies only to a county with a population of more
	than 3.3 million.
	(b) A county may implement a pilot program to reuse any form
	of wastewater at a county facility for subsurface irrigation and
	toilet and urinal flushing. The program must require the wastewater
	to be treated at the facility before reuse.
	(c) The commission may adopt rules to ensure that a program
	implemented under this section does not create a nuisance and does
	not threaten human health or damage the quality of surface water and
	groundwater in this state.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.


	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 2798 was passed by the House on April
	20, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	voting.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 2798 was passed by the Senate on May
	19, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: _____________________
	Date

	_____________________
	Governor