TITLE: Relating to the publication of pathogen-related data from river basins by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

SUMMARY: Relating to the publication of pathogen-related data from river basins by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the publication of pathogen-related data from river basins by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 26.0135, Water Code, is amended by adding Subsection (h-1) to read as follows: (h-1) Each river authority shall regularly provide to the commission data from the river authority's watershed and river basin water quality database that relates to pathogens and pathogen indicators in the river authority's river basin. The commission shall publish on the commission's Internet website: (1) data received under this subsection; and (2) data related to pathogens and pathogen indicators in river basins where a river authority is unable to perform an adequate assessment of its own watershed. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.