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(b) When a boil water notice is no longer in effect, the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