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| 1 | 1 | 81R11919 JJT-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Hancock H.B. No. 2895 | |
| 3 | 3 | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2895: | |
| 4 | 4 | By: Hancock C.S.H.B. No. 2895 | |
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| 6 | 6 | ||
| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to compliance with federal occupational safety and health | |
| 10 | 10 | standards in environmental enforcement. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 7, Water Code, is amended | |
| 13 | 13 | by adding Section 7.256 to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | Sec. 7.256. COMPLIANCE WITH FEDERAL OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND | |
| 15 | 15 | HEALTH STANDARDS. If a person can establish that an act or event | |
| 16 | 16 | that otherwise would be a violation of a statute within the | |
| 17 | 17 | commission's jurisdiction or a rule adopted or an order or permit | |
| 18 | 18 | issued by the commission under such a statute was caused solely by | |
| 19 | 19 | compliance with the general duty clause of the federal Occupational | |
| 20 | 20 | Safety and Health Act of 1970 (29 U.S.C. Section 654), the act or | |
| 21 | 21 | event is not a violation of that statute, rule, order, or permit. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |