H.B. No. 3810
 
 
 
 
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 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 administering the notification
  requirement in Subsection (i)(6), including determining the method
  by which the notifications are provided.  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.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3810 was passed by the House on May
  11, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 3810 on May 25, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 0,
  1 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3810 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 23, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor