85R11252 AJZ-F
By: Sheffield H.B. No. 3153
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain notice requirements regarding fluoridation of a
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 (j) to read as follows:
(j) An owner, agent, manager, operator, or other person in
charge of a public water supply system that furnishes for public or
private use drinking water containing added fluoride may not reduce
the amount of fluoride in the water or terminate the fluoridation of
the water unless the owner, agent, manager, operator, or person
provides written notice to the customers of the system, the
commission, and the department of the reduction or termination at
least 60 days before the reduction or termination.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.