| 1 | 1 | | 85R11252 AJZ-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Sheffield H.B. No. 3153 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to certain notice requirements regarding fluoridation of a |
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| 8 | 8 | | water supply system. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 341.033, Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (j) An owner, agent, manager, operator, or other person in |
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| 13 | 13 | | charge of a public water supply system that furnishes for public or |
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| 14 | 14 | | private use drinking water containing added fluoride may not reduce |
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| 15 | 15 | | the amount of fluoride in the water or terminate the fluoridation of |
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| 16 | 16 | | the water unless the owner, agent, manager, operator, or person |
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| 17 | 17 | | provides written notice to the customers of the system, the |
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| 18 | 18 | | commission, and the department of the reduction or termination at |
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| 19 | 19 | | least 60 days before the reduction or termination. |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 21 | 21 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 22 | 22 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 23 | 23 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 24 | 24 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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