HB4026 - Relating to a requirement that the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality consider flood data when considering the issuance of certain wastewater treatment or discharge permits.

  89R14964 DRS-D     By: Harris Davila H.B. No. 4026       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a requirement that the Texas Commission on   Environmental Quality consider flood data when considering the   issuance of certain wastewater treatment or discharge permits.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 26, Water Code, is amended   by adding Section 26.02821 to read as follows:           Sec.   26.02821.     CONSIDERATION OF FLOOD DATA WHEN CONSIDERING   ISSUANCE OF WASTEWATER TREATMENT OR DISCHARGE PERMIT. In   considering the issuance, amendment, or renewal of a permit for a   wastewater treatment facility or wastewater collection system or of   a permit to discharge waste from a facility or system, the   commission shall consider information related to flood planning and   mitigation in the area served by the facility or system.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.