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| 1 | 1 | 89R10532 DRS-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Barry H.B. No. 5575 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to publication of the Texas Groundwater Protection | |
| 10 | 10 | Committee's annual report. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Section 26.406(c), Water Code, is amended to | |
| 13 | 13 | read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | (c) In conjunction with the commission, the committee shall | |
| 15 | 15 | publish not later than June [April] 1 of each year a joint | |
| 16 | 16 | groundwater monitoring and contamination report covering the | |
| 17 | 17 | activities and findings of the committee made during the previous | |
| 18 | 18 | calendar year. The report must: | |
| 19 | 19 | (1) describe the current status of groundwater | |
| 20 | 20 | monitoring programs conducted by or required by each agency at | |
| 21 | 21 | regulated facilities or in connection with regulated activities; | |
| 22 | 22 | (2) contain a description of each case of groundwater | |
| 23 | 23 | contamination documented during the previous calendar year and of | |
| 24 | 24 | each case of groundwater contamination documented during previous | |
| 25 | 25 | periods for which enforcement action was incomplete at the time of | |
| 26 | 26 | issuance of the preceding report; and | |
| 27 | 27 | (3) indicate the status of enforcement action for each | |
| 28 | 28 | case of groundwater contamination that is included in the report. | |
| 29 | 29 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |