82R14127 SLB-F
By: Parker H.B. No. 240
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
to adopt rules preventing accidental or unintentional access to
on-site sewage disposal systems.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 366.012(a), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) To assure the effective and efficient administration of
this chapter, the commission shall:
(1) adopt rules governing the installation of on-site
sewage disposal systems, including rules concerning the:
(A) review and approval of on-site sewage
disposal systems; and
(B) temporary waiver of a permit for an emergency
repair; and
(2) adopt rules under this chapter that:
(A) encourage the use of economically feasible
alternative techniques and technologies for on-site sewage
disposal systems that can be used in soils not suitable for
conventional on-site sewage disposal; [and]
(B) address the separation of graywater, as
defined by Section 341.039, in a residence served by an on-site
sewage disposal system; and
(C) require on-site sewage disposal systems,
including risers and covers, installed after September 1, 2012, to
be designed to prevent accidental or unintentional access to the
system.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.