TITLE: Relating to notice of certain accidental discharges or spills to local government officials by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

SUMMARY: Relating to notice of certain accidental discharges or spills to local government officials by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to notice of certain accidental discharges or spills to local government officials by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 26.039, Water Code, is amended by adding Subsection (b-1) and amending Subsection (e) to read as follows: (b-1) As soon as possible after receiving notice under Subsection (b), the commission shall notify appropriate local government officials of the discharge or spill. (e) Except as provided by Subsection (g), if an accidental discharge or spill described by Subsection (b) from a wastewater treatment or collection facility owned or operated by a local government may adversely affect a public or private source of drinking water, the individual shall also notify [appropriate local government officials and] local media. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.