| 1 | 1 | | By: Zaffirini S.B. No. 1663 |
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| 6 | 6 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 8 | | relating to notification procedures concerning groundwater |
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| 9 | 9 | | contamination. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 26.408(b), Water Code, is amended to |
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| 12 | 12 | | read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (b) As soon as practicable but not [Not] later than the 30th |
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| 14 | 14 | | day after the date the commission receives notice under Subsection |
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| 15 | 15 | | (a) or obtains independent knowledge of groundwater contamination, |
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| 16 | 16 | | the commission shall make every effort to give notice of the |
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| 17 | 17 | | contamination by first class mail, e-mail, notice placed on the |
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| 18 | 18 | | door of a residence, or another effective delivery method to: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) each owner of a private drinking water well that |
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| 20 | 20 | | may be affected by the contamination; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) [and to] each applicable groundwater conservation |
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| 22 | 22 | | district; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | (3) the residents of each residential address within |
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| 24 | 24 | | one mile of the site of the contamination. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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