Bill Text: TX HB1535 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub


Bill Title: Relating to the permitting of certain small commercial development and county park sewage collection, treatment, and disposal systems as on-site sewage disposal systems.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-03 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1535 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB1535-Comm_Sub.html
  83R22471 SLB-F
 
  By: Reynolds H.B. No. 1535
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1535:
 
  By:  Reynolds C.S.H.B. No. 1535
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the permitting of certain small commercial development
  and county park sewage collection, treatment, and disposal systems
  as on-site sewage disposal systems.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 366, Health and Safety
  Code, is amended by adding Section 366.0513 to read as follows:
         Sec. 366.0513.  SMALL COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND COUNTY PARK
  SYSTEMS.  (a)  A small commercial development sewage collection,
  treatment, and disposal system may be permitted as an on-site
  sewage disposal system under this chapter if the system:
               (1)  is located on property jointly owned by the
  property owners served by the system, as described by the county
  deed records;
               (2)  produces not more than 5,000 gallons a day on an
  annual average basis;
               (3)  serves an area that does not exceed 15 acres;
               (4)  is designed to serve two or more sewage-generating
  units on separate tracts of land;
               (5)  collects sewage only from commercial or
  institutional facilities or business parks;
               (6)  is located more than 2,000 feet from the nearest
  reservoir used for municipal water supply, unless the owner of the
  reservoir consents in writing;
               (7)  is approved by the governing body of any
  municipality:
                     (A)  that provides wastewater utility service to
  the property where the system is located at the time of the request
  for the permit; and
                     (B)  in whose boundaries or extraterritorial
  jurisdiction the property is located;
               (8)  includes an interceptor for any facility engaged
  in food service activities, if required by commission rule or local
  ordinance or code;
               (9)  does not accept waste streams from industrial
  users subject to general pretreatment regulations under 40 C.F.R.
  Part 403; and
               (10)  is professionally managed by an entity with the
  appropriate authorization required by the commission to manage the
  system.
         (b)  A sewage collection, treatment, and disposal system
  that serves a county park may be permitted as an on-site sewage
  disposal system under this chapter if the system:
               (1)  is located on property owned or operated by the
  county;
               (2)  produces not more than 5,000 gallons a day on an
  annual average basis;
               (3)  collects only sewage generated at the park; and
               (4)  meets the requirements of Subsections
  (a)(6)-(10).
         SECTION 2.  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, 2013.
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