82R9809 SGA-D
By: Christian H.B. No. 2364
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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
(4) [(3)] any other state agency with jurisdiction
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.