S.B. No. 430
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to written notice to a groundwater conservation district
  of groundwater contamination.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 5.236, Water Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  If the executive director acquires information that
  confirms that a potential public health hazard exists because
  usable groundwater has been or is being contaminated, the executive
  director, not later than the 30th day after the date on which the
  executive director acquires the information confirming
  contamination, shall give written notice of the contamination to
  the following persons:
               (1)  the county judge and the county health officer, if
  any, in each county in which the contamination has occurred or is
  occurring;
               (2)  any person under the commission's jurisdiction who
  is suspected of contributing to the contamination; [and]
               (3)  any other state agency with jurisdiction over any
  person who is suspected of contributing to the contamination; and
               (4)  a groundwater conservation district, if the
  contamination has occurred or is occurring in the jurisdiction of
  the district.
         SECTION 2.  This Act applies only to groundwater
  contamination about which the executive director of the Texas
  Commission on Environmental Quality acquires information on or
  after the effective date of this Act. Groundwater contamination
  about which the executive director of the Texas Commission on
  Environmental Quality acquires information before the effective
  date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the
  information is acquired, and the former law is continued in effect
  for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 430 passed the Senate on
  March 24, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 430 passed the House on
  May 19, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, two
  present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor