By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1663
(In the Senate - Filed February 26, 2025; March 11, 2025,
read first time and referred to Committee on Water, Agriculture and
Rural Affairs; April 7, 2025, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0; April 7, 2025, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to notification procedures concerning groundwater
contamination.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 26.408(b), Water Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) As soon as practicable but not [Not] later than the 30th
day after the date the commission receives notice under Subsection
(a) or obtains independent knowledge of groundwater contamination,
the commission shall make every effort to give notice of the
contamination by first class mail, e-mail, notice placed on the
door of a residence, or another effective delivery method to:
(1) each owner of a private drinking water well that
may be affected by the contamination;
(2) [and to] each applicable groundwater conservation
district; and
(3) the residents of each residential address within
one mile of the site of the contamination.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
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