HLS 21RS-281 ENGROSSED
2021 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 342
BY REPRESENTATIVE WRIGHT
WATER/DRINKING WATER: Authorizes St. Tammany Parish to require testing for
secondary contaminants in drinking water
1 AN ACT
2To enact R.S. 33:1236.30, relative to St. Tammany Parish; to authorize the governing
3 authority of St. Tammany Parish to require the testing of water systems for
4 secondary contaminants in drinking water; to provide for an effective date; and to
5 provide for related matters.
6 Notice of intention to introduce this Act has been published
7 as provided by Article III, Section 13 of the Constitution of
8 Louisiana.
9Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
10 Section 1. R.S. 33:1236.30 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
11 ยง1236.30. St. Tammany Parish; testing of water systems for secondary contaminants
12 A. As used in this Section, "secondary contaminant" means a substance for
13 which secondary maximum contaminant levels are established in the National
14 Secondary Drinking Water Regulations of the Environmental Protection Agency, 40
15 CFR Part 143.
16 B. The governing authority of St. Tammany Parish may require that water
17 systems in the parish test for secondary contaminants in the drinking water that is
18 distributed to parish residents.
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are additions. HLS 21RS-281 ENGROSSED
HB NO. 342
1 Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not
2signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature
3by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If
4vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become
5effective on the day following such approval.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 342 Engrossed 2021 Regular Session Wright
Abstract: Provides for the testing of drinking water for secondary water contaminants in
St. Tammany Parish.
Proposed law defines "secondary contaminant", for purposes of proposed law, as any
substance for which secondary maximum contaminant levels are established in the National
Secondary Drinking Water Regulations of the EPA.
Proposed law authorizes the governing authority of St. Tammany Parish to require testing
for secondary contaminants in water systems in the parish.
Effective upon signature of governor or lapse of time for gubernatorial action.
(Adds RS 33:1236.30)
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CODING: Words in struck through type are deletions from existing law; words underscored
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