Bill Text: TX HB4086 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the identification and mapping of aggregate production operations by The University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-04-20 - Left pending in committee [HB4086 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB4086-Introduced.html
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| By: Kuempel | H.B. No. 4086 | |
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| relating to the identification and mapping of aggregate production | ||
| operations by The University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter E, Chapter 67, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 67.73 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 67.73. IDENTIFICATION AND MAPPING OF AGGREGATE | ||
| PRODUCTION OPERATIONS. (a) In this section, "aggregate production | ||
| operation" has the meaning assigned by Section 28A.001, Water Code. | ||
| (b) The bureau shall: | ||
| (1) conduct a study to identify: | ||
| (A) locations in this state suitable for | ||
| aggregate production operations; and | ||
| (B) existing land uses or planning policies of | ||
| political subdivisions that could result in a location identified | ||
| under Paragraph (A) becoming incompatible with use as an aggregate | ||
| production operation; | ||
| (2) develop and maintain a database that: | ||
| (A) maps locations identified under Subdivision | ||
| (1)(A) and Section 28A.052, Water Code; and | ||
| (B) is accessible to political subdivisions; and | ||
| (3) update the study and map described by Subdivisions | ||
| (1) and (2) not less than once every 10 years. | ||
| (c) In fulfilling the duties described by Subsection (b), | ||
| the bureau may cooperate with: | ||
| (1) the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, the | ||
| Texas Water Development Board, and any other state agency, | ||
| political subdivision, or university with access to information | ||
| related to aggregate production operations; and | ||
| (2) federal agencies or private entities as | ||
| appropriate to fulfill the requirements of this section. | ||
| (d) An agency, political subdivision, or university | ||
| described by Subsection (c)(1) shall provide to the bureau on | ||
| request available information as necessary to fulfill the | ||
| requirements of this section. | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2025, The University | ||
| of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology shall submit to the legislature | ||
| a report that contains: | ||
| (1) a summary of the study conducted under Section | ||
| 67.73, Education Code, as added by this Act; | ||
| (2) a map containing the locations of aggregate | ||
| production operations identified by Section 67.73, Education Code, | ||
| as added by this Act; and | ||
| (3) any recommendations for legislative action | ||
| necessary to facilitate, if appropriate, the preservation for | ||
| aggregate production operations the locations identified by | ||
| Section 67.73, Education Code, as added by this Act, including any | ||
| recommendations regarding existing land use or planning policies of | ||
| political subdivisions. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
