TITLE: Relating to the establishment of a boil water notice alert system.

SUMMARY: Relating to the establishment of a boil water notice alert system.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the establishment of a boil water notice alert system. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 341, Health and Safety Code, is amended by adding Section 341.043 to read as follows: Sec. 341.043. BOIL WATER NOTICE ALERT SYSTEM. (a) The commission shall develop and implement an alert system to be activated in the event of a boil water notice and any related information, including any recission or expiration of the boil water notice. (b) The alert system must include the ability to provide notifications through electronic instant messaging. (c) The commission may adopt rules and procedures necessary to implement this section. SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Act, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall establish the alert system required by Section 341.043, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act. SECTION 3. 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.