H.B. No. 3372
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to rainwater harvesting systems that are connected to
  public water supply systems.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 341.042, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (b-1),
  (b-2), (b-3), and (b-4) to read as follows:
         (b)  The commission by rule shall provide that if a structure
  is connected to a public water supply system and has a rainwater
  harvesting system for indoor use,[:
               [(1)]  the structure must have appropriate
  cross-connection safeguards[; and
               [(2)     the rainwater harvesting system may be used only
  for nonpotable indoor purposes].
         (b-1)  The commission shall work with the department to
  develop rules regarding the installation and maintenance of
  rainwater harvesting systems that are used for indoor potable
  purposes and connected to a public water supply system. The rules
  must contain criteria that are sufficient to ensure that:
               (1)  safe sanitary drinking water standards are met;
  and
               (2)  harvested rainwater does not come into
  communication with a public water supply system's drinking water at
  a location off of the property on which the rainwater harvesting
  system is located.
         (b-2)  A person who installs and maintains rainwater
  harvesting systems that are connected to a public water supply
  system and are used for potable purposes must be licensed by the
  Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners as a master plumber or
  journeyman plumber and hold an endorsement issued by the board as a
  water supply protection specialist.
         (b-3)  A person who intends to connect a rainwater harvesting
  system to a public water supply system for use for potable purposes
  must give written notice of that intention to the municipality in
  which the rainwater harvesting system is located or the owner or
  operator of the public water supply system before connecting the
  rainwater harvesting system to the public water supply system.
         (b-4)  A municipally owned water or wastewater utility, a
  municipality, or the owner or operator of a public water supply
  system may not be held liable for any adverse health effects
  allegedly caused by the consumption of water collected by a
  rainwater harvesting system that is connected to a public water
  supply system and is used for potable purposes if the municipally
  owned water or wastewater utility, municipality, or public water
  supply system is in compliance with the sanitary standards for
  drinking water applicable to the municipally owned water or
  wastewater utility, municipality, or public water supply system.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3372 was passed by the House on April
  20, 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. 3372 on May 21, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 0,
  2 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3372 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