By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 40
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the establishment of a boil water notice alert system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 341, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 341.043 to read as follows:
Sec. 341.043. BOIL WATER NOTICE ALERT SYSTEM. (a) The
commission shall develop and implement an alert system to be
activated in the event of a boil water notice and any related
information, including any recission or expiration of the boil
water notice.
(b) The alert system must include the ability to provide
notifications through electronic instant messaging.
(c) The commission may adopt rules and procedures necessary
to implement this section.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall
establish the alert system required by Section 341.043, Health and
Safety Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. 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, 2023.