Bill Text: TX HB3810 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to certain notices provided to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality by public water supply systems.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-12 - Effective on 9/1/23 [HB3810 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HB3810-Engrossed.html

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By: Landgraf H.B. No. 3810

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain notices provided to the Texas Commission on
Environmental Quality by public water supply systems.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 341.033, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by amending Subsection (i) and adding Subsection (i-1) to
read as follows:
(i) An owner, agent, manager, operator, or other person in
charge of a public water supply system that furnishes water for
public or private use or a wastewater system that provides
wastewater services for public or private use shall maintain
internal procedures to notify the commission immediately of the
following events, if the event may negatively impact the production
or delivery of safe and adequate drinking water:
(1) an unusual or unexplained unauthorized entry at
property of the public water supply or wastewater system;
(2) an act of terrorism against the public water
supply or wastewater system;
(3) an unauthorized attempt to probe for or gain
access to proprietary information that supports the key activities
of the public water supply or wastewater system;
(4) a theft of property that supports the key
activities of the public water supply or wastewater system; [or]
(5) a natural disaster, accident, or act that results
in damage to the public water supply or wastewater system; or
(6) for a nonindustrial public water supply system, an
unplanned condition that has caused or is likely to cause a public
water supply outage or the public water supply system to issue a
do-not-use advisory, do-not-consume advisory, or boil water
notice.
(i-1) The commission may collaborate with the Texas
Division of Emergency Management in regulating the method of
notifications provided under Subsection (i)(6). Subsection (i)(6)
does not require an owner, agent, manager, operator, or other
person in charge of a nonindustrial public water supply system to
provide notice of a weather or emergency alert, warning, or watch
issued by the National Weather Service, the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration, or the Texas Division of Emergency
Management or a successor federal or state agency.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.