HB3429 - Relating to the duty of a public water supply system to provide certain information to consumers regarding fluoride in drinking water.

  89R4949 KRM-D     By: Tinderholt H.B. No. 3429       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the duty of a public water supply system to provide   certain information to consumers regarding fluoride in drinking   water.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 341, Health and Safety   Code, is amended by adding Section 341.0335 to read as follows:           Sec.   341.0335.     FLUORIDATED WATER; DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN   INFORMATION.   (a)   A public water supply system that furnishes to   the public for a charge drinking water to which fluoride has been   added shall disclose in a conspicuous place on each customer's   water bill:                 (1)     the amount of fluoride that occurs naturally in   the drinking water furnished by the system to the customer;                 (2)     the amount of fluoride added to the drinking water   before distribution to the customer; and                 (3)     the combined amount of fluoride present in the   drinking water from the sources described by Subdivisions (1) and   (2).           (b)     Information disclosed under Subsection (a) must be   accurate for drinking water distributed to a customer not more than   one week before the bill is provided to the customer.          SECTION 2.  Section 341.0335, Health and Safety Code, as   added by this Act, applies only to a public water supply system bill   issued for a billing period that begins on or after the effective   date of this Act.            SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.