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| 1 | 1 | 89R10648 KRM-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Guillen H.B. No. 5207 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to notification procedures concerning groundwater | |
| 10 | 10 | contamination. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Section 26.408(b), Water Code, is amended to | |
| 13 | 13 | read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | (b) As soon as practicable but not [Not] later than the 30th | |
| 15 | 15 | day after the date the commission receives notice under Subsection | |
| 16 | 16 | (a) or obtains independent knowledge of groundwater contamination, | |
| 17 | 17 | the commission shall make every effort to give notice of the | |
| 18 | 18 | contamination by first class mail, e-mail, notice placed on the | |
| 19 | 19 | door of a residence, or another effective delivery method to: | |
| 20 | 20 | (1) each owner of a private drinking water well that | |
| 21 | 21 | may be affected by the contamination; | |
| 22 | 22 | (2) [and to] each applicable groundwater conservation | |
| 23 | 23 | district; and | |
| 24 | 24 | (3) the residents of each residential address within | |
| 25 | 25 | one mile of the site of the contamination. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |