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| 1 | 1 | 89R15989 ANG-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Guillen H.B. No. 5609 | |
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| 7 | 7 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 8 | 8 | AN ACT | |
| 9 | 9 | relating to boil water notices issued by public drinking water | |
| 10 | 10 | supply systems. | |
| 11 | 11 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 12 | 12 | SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 341, Health and Safety | |
| 13 | 13 | Code, is amended by adding Section 341.043 to read as follows: | |
| 14 | 14 | Sec. 341.043. BOIL WATER NOTICES. (a) The commission shall | |
| 15 | 15 | require an operator of a public drinking water supply system to | |
| 16 | 16 | issue a boil water notice not later than 12 hours after the public | |
| 17 | 17 | drinking water supply system learns of: | |
| 18 | 18 | (1) a violation by the system of rules adopted by the | |
| 19 | 19 | commission under this subchapter that creates a significant | |
| 20 | 20 | potential for human health to be seriously adversely affected; or | |
| 21 | 21 | (2) a situation that creates a significant potential | |
| 22 | 22 | for human health to be adversely affected by water from the system. | |
| 23 | 23 | (b) If the violation or situation has not been resolved 48 | |
| 24 | 24 | hours after the boil water notice was issued, the public drinking | |
| 25 | 25 | water supply system shall reissue the boil water notice with a | |
| 26 | 26 | statement describing the actions the public drinking water supply | |
| 27 | 27 | system is taking to address the violation or situation. | |
| 28 | 28 | (c) A public drinking water supply system may issue a boil | |
| 29 | 29 | water notice by any means of direct communication that meets the | |
| 30 | 30 | requirements of the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. | |
| 31 | 31 | Section 300f et seq.). | |
| 32 | 32 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |