Texas Water Code
§ 26.084 — ACTIONS AVAILABLE TO COMMISSION AFTER DESIGNATIONS OF SYSTEMS
WA § 26.084Title 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION · Part D. WATER QUALITY CONTROL · Ch. 26. WATER QUALITY CONTROL · Art. C. REGIONAL AND AREA-WIDE SYSTEMS
Statute text
View on source(a)After the commission has entered an order as authorized in Section 26.083 of this code, the commission may, after public hearing and after giving notice of the hearing to the persons who in the judgment of the commission may be affected, take any one or more of the following actions:
(1)enter an order requiring any person discharging or proposing to discharge waste into or adjacent to the water in the state in an area defined in an order entered under Section 26.082 of this code to use a regional or area-wide system designated under Section 26.083 of this code for the disposal of his waste;
(2)refuse to grant any permits for the discharge of waste or to approve any plans for the construction or material alteration of any sewer system, treatment facility, or disposal system in an area defined in an order entered under Section 26.082 of this code unless the permits or plans comply and are consistent with any orders entered under Sections 26.081 through 26.086 of this code; or
(3)cancel or suspend any permit, or amend any permit in any particular, which authorizes the discharge of waste in an area defined in an order entered under Section 26.082 of this code.
(b)Before exercising the authority granted in this section, the commission shall find affirmatively:
(1)that there is an existing or proposed regional or area-wide system designated under Section 26.083 of this code which is capable or which in the reasonably foreseeable future will be capable of serving the waste collection, treatment, or disposal needs of the person or persons who are the subject of an action taken by the commission under this section;
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Legislative history
Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 255, ch. 121, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 29, 1977. Renumbered from Sec. 21.204 and amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2207, ch. 870, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1977. Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 795, Sec. 1.095, eff. Sept. 1, 1985; Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 977, Sec. 26, eff. June 19, 1987.