Bill Text: TX SB1289 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the disposal of reclaimed wastewater.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2023-06-18 - Effective immediately [SB1289 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB1289-Introduced.html
  88R13167 MP-F
 
  By: Perry S.B. No. 1289
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the disposal of reclaimed wastewater.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 26, Water Code, is amended
  by adding Section 26.02715 to read as follows:
         Sec. 26.02715.  DISPOSAL OF RECLAIMED WASTEWATER TO
  WASTEWATER COLLECTION SYSTEM. (a) A wastewater treatment facility
  that treats domestic wastewater for reuse may dispose of the
  treated wastewater without a permit for an alternative means of
  disposal if the facility:
               (1)  disposes of the water through a wastewater
  collection system; and
               (2)  has the consent of the operator of:
                     (A)  the wastewater collection system that will
  receive the water; and
                     (B)  any wastewater treatment facility that will
  treat the water.
         (b)  The commission shall adopt rules to implement and
  enforce this subsection.
         SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall
  adopt the rules required by Section 26.02715, Water Code, as added
  by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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