Bill Text: TX SB1663 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to notification procedures concerning groundwater contamination.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2025-06-20 - Effective on 9/1/25 [SB1663 Detail]

Download: Texas-2025-SB1663-Enrolled.html

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S.B. No. 1663

AN ACT
relating to notification procedures concerning groundwater
contamination.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 26.408(b), Water Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) As soon as practicable but not [Not] later than the 30th
day after the date the commission receives notice under Subsection
(a) or obtains independent knowledge of groundwater contamination,
the commission shall make every effort to give notice of the
contamination by first class mail, e-mail, notice placed on the
door of a residence, or another effective delivery method to:
(1) each owner of a private drinking water well that
may be affected by the contamination;
(2) [and to] each applicable groundwater conservation
district; and
(3) the residents of each residential address within
one mile of the site of the contamination.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1663 passed the Senate on
April 16, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1663 passed the House on
May 27, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 111, Nays 29, two
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor