85R2656 SLB-F
By: Walle H.B. No. 2376
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the fee collected for an on-site wastewater treatment
permit application.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 367.008(b), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(b) The commission shall [may] award competitive grants
to[:
[(1)] support applied research and demonstration
projects by accredited colleges and universities in this state, by
other governmental entities, or by acceptable public or private
research centers regarding on-site wastewater treatment technology
and systems applicable to this state that are directed toward
improving the quality of wastewater treatment and reducing the cost
of providing wastewater treatment to consumers, including
wastewater reuse [; and
[(2) enhance technology transfer regarding on-site
wastewater treatment by using educational courses, seminars,
symposia, publications, and other forms of information
dissemination].
SECTION 2. Section 367.010(d), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(d) The fee proceeds may be used only for the purposes of
Section 367.008 [shall be deposited to the credit of the water
resources management account].
SECTION 3. Section 5.701(p), Water Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(p) Notwithstanding any other law, fees collected for
deposit to the water resource management account under the
following statutes may be appropriated and used to protect water
resources in this state, including assessment of water quality,
reasonably related to the activities of any of the persons required
to pay a fee under:
(1) Subsection (b), to the extent those fees are paid
by water districts, and Subsections (e), (f), and (n); or
(2) Section 54.037(c) [; or
[(3) Section 367.010, Health and Safety Code].
SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to
an application for an on-site wastewater treatment permit received
by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on or after the
effective date of this Act. An application received before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
date the application was received, and the former law is continued
in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.