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Chapter 1240 S.B. No. 1073 1 AN ACT 2 relating to rainwater harvesting systems that are connected to 3 public water supply systems. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 5 SECTION 1. Section 341.042, Health and Safety Code, is 6 amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsections (b-1), 7 (b-2), (b-3), and (b-4) to read as follows: 8 (b) The commission by rule shall provide that if a structure 9 is connected to a public water supply system and has a rainwater 10 harvesting system for indoor use.[+ 11 [-(--)-] the structure must have appropriate 12 cross-connection safeguards [--ae4 13 [2- -to-rain*iwatz r alraetin; zyot-m- b uced3 nly 14 for no1npotab indoora-pxarpoa:acc]. 15 (b-1) The commission shall work with the department to 16 develop rules regarding the installation and maintenance of 17 rainwater harvesting systems that are used for indoor potable 18 purposes and connected to a public water supply system. The rules 19 must contain criteria that are sufficient to ensure that: 20 (1) safe sanitary drinking water standards are met; 21 and 22 (2) harvested rainwater does not come into 23 communication with a public water supply system's drinking water at 24 a location off of the property on which the rainwater harvesting
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June 17, 2011;
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