By: Parker (Senate Sponsor - Nelson) H.B. No. 240
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 2011;
April 29, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
Natural Resources; May 11, 2011, reported adversely, with
favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 10,
Nays 0; May 11, 2011, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 240 By: Deuell
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to requiring the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
to adopt rules preventing 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 access to the system by anyone other than:
(i) the owner of the system; or
(ii) a person described by Section
366.071(a) or (b).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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