Texas 2017 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2771 Introduced / Bill

Filed 03/07/2017

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                    By: Phelan H.B. No. 2771


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the wastewater treatment permit application;
 eliminating a fee.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 367.010, Health and Safety Code, is
 repealed.
 SECTION 2.  Section 367.007(a), Health and Safety Code, is
 amended to read as follows:
 (a)  The commission may accept grants and donations to [from
 other sources to supplement the fees collected under Section
 367.010. Grants and donations shall] be deposited to the credit of
 the water resource management account.  Gifts and grants [and] may
 be disbursed as the commission directs and in accordance with
 Section 367.008.
 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.