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| 1 | 1 | 81R456 JJT-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Leibowitz H.B. No. 30 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to boil water notification requirements for water systems. | |
| 8 | 8 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 9 | 9 | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 341, Health and Safety | |
| 10 | 10 | Code, is amended by adding Section 341.043 to read as follows: | |
| 11 | 11 | Sec. 341.043. BOIL WATER NOTICES. (a) The operator of a | |
| 12 | 12 | public drinking water supply system, when required by commission | |
| 13 | 13 | rule to issue a boil water notice to its customers, shall: | |
| 14 | 14 | (1) provide the notice in writing to each customer as | |
| 15 | 15 | prescribed by commission rule to the street address of the | |
| 16 | 16 | customer; and | |
| 17 | 17 | (2) attempt to reach each customer by telephone to | |
| 18 | 18 | provide notice as prescribed by commission rule. | |
| 19 | 19 | (b) When a boil water notice is no longer in effect, the | |
| 20 | 20 | operator of a public drinking water supply system shall notify each | |
| 21 | 21 | customer that the boil water notice has expired in the manner | |
| 22 | 22 | described by Subsection (a). | |
| 23 | 23 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |