Sec. 7207.105. STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR FACILITIES. (a) The district by rule may establish standard specifications for facilities designed or constructed to:

(1) store, treat, or transport water for domestic, municipal, or industrial purposes;

(2) collect, treat, and dispose of sewage; or

(3) dispose of solid waste.

(b) The board shall hold a public hearing on the adoption of standards for district facilities. The board shall give notice of the hearing to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality and shall publish notice of the hearing in a newspaper with general circulation in the district not later than the 10th day before the date set for the hearing.

(c) An appeal of an order adopting standard specifications may be made to a district court of Liberty County. The substantial evidence rule applies to the appeal.

(d) The district may seek an injunction against the construction of, addition to, or operation of a facility in the district's jurisdiction if the construction, addition, or operation does not comply with the district's standard specifications.

(e) A specification adopted under this section does not apply inside the boundaries or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality unless the governing body of the municipality by resolution gives its approval.

(f) The district shall file the standard specifications with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 3166), Sec. 1.07, eff. April 1, 2009.