Sec. 8283.158. STANDARD SPECIFICATIONS FOR FACILITIES IN GRAYSON COUNTY. (a) In this section, "commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality or its successor.

(b) Subject to Subsection (f), for area in Grayson County, the authority by order may adopt standard specifications for facilities designed or constructed to:

(1) store, treat, or transport water for domestic, municipal, or industrial purposes to ensure that the facilities are adequate in design to serve the needs of the area's inhabitants;

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

(3) dispose of solid waste.

(c) Before the specifications become final, the board must hold a public hearing. The board must give notice of the hearing to the commission and must publish in a newspaper of general circulation in the area notice of the hearing one time at least 10 days before the date of the hearing so that any interested party may present evidence for or against a proposed specification.

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

(e) The authority is entitled to seek an injunction against:

(1) the construction of a facility, including an extension to an existing facility, if the construction does not meet the authority's standard specifications; or

(2) the operation of a facility if construction has begun and the facility does not meet those specifications.

(f) A standard specification adopted under this section does not apply to an area that, on the date the order is adopted, is located inside the corporate boundaries or the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality unless approved by the governing body of the municipality.

(g) The authority shall file the standard specifications with the commission.

Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1139 (H.B. 2619), Sec. 1.04, eff. April 1, 2011.