H.B. No. 3552
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
permanently terminate the fluoridation of the water unless the
owner, agent, manager, operator, or person provides written notice
to the customers of the system and the commission of the termination
at least 60 days before the termination.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3552 was passed by the House on April
25, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 1, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 3552 was passed by the Senate on May
17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor