Bill Text: TX HB2364 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to notification of local groundwater conservation districts by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality when groundwater contamination is found.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-05-06 - Considered in Calendars [HB2364 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB2364-Introduced.html
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By: Christian | H.B. No. 2364 |
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relating to notification of local groundwater conservation | ||
districts by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality when | ||
groundwater contamination is found. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 5.236(a), Water Code, is amended to read | ||
as follows: | ||
(a) If the executive director acquires information that | ||
confirms that a potential public health hazard exists because | ||
usable groundwater has been or is being contaminated, the executive | ||
director, not later than the 30th day after the date on which the | ||
executive director acquires the information confirming | ||
contamination, shall give written notice of the contamination to | ||
the following persons: | ||
(1) the county judge and the county health officer, if | ||
any, in each county in which the contamination has occurred or is | ||
occurring; | ||
(2) each groundwater district with authority under | ||
Chapter 36 or other law to regulate water wells located in the area | ||
affected by the groundwater that has been or is being contaminated; | ||
(3) any person under the commission's jurisdiction who | ||
is suspected of contributing to the contamination; and | ||
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over any person who is suspected of contributing to the | ||
contamination. | ||
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, 2011. |