Bill Text: TX SB1917 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an exemption for certain quarries from regulation as aggregate production operations.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-04 - Left pending in committee [SB1917 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1917-Introduced.html
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By: Buckingham | S.B. No. 1917 |
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relating to an exemption for certain quarries from regulation as | ||
aggregate production operations. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 28A.001(1), Water Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(1) "Aggregate production operation" means the site | ||
from which aggregates are being or have been removed or extracted | ||
from the earth, including the entire areas of extraction, stripped | ||
areas, haulage ramps, and the land on which the plant processing the | ||
raw materials is located, exclusive of any land owned or leased by | ||
the responsible party not being currently used in the production of | ||
aggregates. For the purposes of this chapter, the term "aggregate | ||
production operation" does not include: | ||
(A) a site at which the materials that are being | ||
removed or extracted from the earth are used or processed at the | ||
same site or at a related site under the control of the same | ||
responsible party for the production of cement or lightweight | ||
aggregates, or in a lime kiln; | ||
(B) a temporary site that is being used solely to | ||
provide aggregate products for use in a public works project | ||
involving the Texas Department of Transportation or a local | ||
governmental entity; | ||
(C) an extraction area from which all raw | ||
material is extracted for use as fill or for other construction uses | ||
at the same or a contiguous site; [ |
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(D) a site at which the materials that are being | ||
removed or extracted from the earth are used or processed for use in | ||
the construction, modification, or expansion of a solid waste | ||
facility at the site or another location; or | ||
(E) an extraction area from which: | ||
(i) marble or granite material is extracted | ||
for decorative or artistic uses; and | ||
(ii) the average amount of riprap removed | ||
per year in the preceding 10-year period is less than 1,500 tons. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |