S.B. No. 471         AN ACT   relating to the investigation by the Texas Commission on   Environmental Quality of certain complaints.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 5.176, Water Code, is amended by adding   Subsection (c) to read as follows:          (c)  The commission is not required to investigate a   complaint:                (1)  that may be addressed during other commission   activities; or                (2)  that was filed by an individual when there is not a   reasonable probability that the commission can substantiate the   complaint and:                      (A)  the complaint is repetitious or redundant of   other complaints concerning the same site investigated in the   preceding 12 months that were not substantiated by the commission;   or                      (B)  the complainant has filed in the preceding   seven years at least five complaints that were not substantiated by   the commission.          SECTION 2.  Section 5.177(c), Water Code, is amended to read   as follows:          (c)  The commission is not required to provide the   information described in Subsection (a) or (b) to a complainant   who:                (1)  files an anonymous complaint;                (2)  [or] provides inaccurate contact information; or                (3)  files a complaint described by Section 5.176(c).          SECTION 3.  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to   a complaint filed on or after the effective date of this Act.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.             ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 471 passed the Senate on   April 27, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 22, Nays 9.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 471 passed the House on   May 23, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 85, Nays 59,   two present not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor