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Relating to notification procedures concerning groundwater contamination, the official text

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S.B. No. 1663

AN ACT

relating to notification procedures concerning groundwater

contamination.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 26.408(b), Water Code, is amended to

read as follows:

(b) As soon as practicable but not [Not] later than the 30th

day after the date the commission receives notice under Subsection

(a) or obtains independent knowledge of groundwater contamination,

the commission shall make every effort to give notice of the

contamination by first class mail, e-mail, notice placed on the

door of a residence, or another effective delivery method to:

(1) each owner of a private drinking water well that

may be affected by the contamination;

(2) [and to] each applicable groundwater conservation

district; and

(3) the residents of each residential address within

one mile of the site of the contamination.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.

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President of the Senate
Speaker of the House

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1663 passed the Senate on

April 16, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.

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Secretary of the Senate

I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1663 passed the House on

May 27, 2025, by the following vote: Yeas 111, Nays 29, two

present not voting.

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Chief Clerk of the House

Approved:

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Date

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Governor
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