By: Kacal (Senate Sponsor - Schwertner) H.B. No. 1146
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 20, 2015;
May 4, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Agriculture, Water, and Rural Affairs; May 12, 2015, reported
favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 12, 2015, sent
to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to persons who may operate a public water supply system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 341.033, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) The licensed operator of a water supply system may be
a volunteer. The owner or manager of a water supply system that is
operated by a volunteer shall maintain a record of each volunteer
operator showing the name of the volunteer, contact information for
the volunteer, and the time period for which the volunteer is
responsible for operating the water supply system.
SECTION 2. Section 341.034(a), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) A person who operates a public water supply on a
contract or volunteer basis must hold a registration issued by the
commission under Chapter 37, Water Code.
SECTION 3. The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
shall adopt rules necessary to implement Sections 341.033 and
341.034, Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, not later
than December 1, 2015.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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