87R21580 JRR-D
By: Stephenson, Reynolds, Ramos H.B. No. 2148
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2148:
By: Lucio III C.S.H.B. No. 2148
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to notification by the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality of accidental discharge or spill threatening certain public
water systems.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 26, Water Code, is amended
by adding Section 26.0395 to read as follows:
Sec. 26.0395. NOTIFICATION OF ACCIDENTAL DISCHARGE OR SPILL
THREATENING CERTAIN PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS. As soon as possible
after the commission detects or becomes aware of an accidental
discharge or spill that threatens water that is a source for a
public water system and not later than the time the commission
notifies the news media of the accidental discharge or spill, the
commission shall notify the owner or operator of each public water
system that may be threatened by the accidental discharge or spill.
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, 2021.