H.B. No. 240
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to requiring the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
  to adopt rules preventing access to on-site sewage disposal
  systems.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 366.012(a), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  To assure the effective and efficient administration of
  this chapter, the commission shall:
               (1)  adopt rules governing the installation of on-site
  sewage disposal systems, including rules concerning the:
                     (A)  review and approval of on-site sewage
  disposal systems; and
                     (B)  temporary waiver of a permit for an emergency
  repair; and
               (2)  adopt rules under this chapter that:
                     (A)  encourage the use of economically feasible
  alternative techniques and technologies for on-site sewage
  disposal systems that can be used in soils not suitable for
  conventional on-site sewage disposal; [and]
                     (B)  address the separation of graywater, as
  defined by Section 341.039, in a residence served by an on-site
  sewage disposal system; and
                     (C)  require on-site sewage disposal systems,
  including risers and covers, installed after September 1, 2012, to
  be designed to prevent access to the system by anyone other than:
                           (i)  the owner of the system; or
                           (ii)  a person described by Section
  366.071(a) or (b).
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 240 was passed by the House on April
  21, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 240 on May 21, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 1, 2
  present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 240 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 19, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor