Bill Text: TX SB530 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to civil and administrative penalties assessed or imposed for violations of laws protecting drinking water, public water supplies, and bodies of water.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-07 - Effective on 9/1/19 [SB530 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB530-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 530 |
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relating to civil and administrative penalties assessed or imposed | ||
for violations of laws protecting drinking water, public water | ||
supplies, and bodies of water. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 341.048(b), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) A person who causes, suffers, allows, or permits a | ||
violation under this subchapter shall be assessed a civil penalty | ||
of not less than $50 and not [ |
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each violation. Each day of a continuing violation is a separate | ||
violation. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 341.049(a), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) If a person causes, suffers, allows, or permits a | ||
violation of this subchapter or a rule or order adopted under this | ||
subchapter, the commission may assess a penalty against that person | ||
as provided by this section. The penalty shall not be less than $50 | ||
and not [ |
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day of a continuing violation may be considered a separate | ||
violation. | ||
SECTION 3. (a) Section 341.048(b), Health and Safety Code, | ||
as amended by this Act, applies to an action brought on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act, regardless of whether the violation | ||
giving rise to that action occurred on, before, or after that date. | ||
(b) Section 341.049(a), Health and Safety Code, as amended | ||
by this Act, applies only to a violation that occurs on or after the | ||
effective date of this Act. A violation that occurs before the | ||
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the | ||
date the violation was committed, and the former law is continued in | ||
effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 530 passed the Senate on | ||
March 27, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 530 passed the House on | ||
May 21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 4, one | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |