Bill Text: TX SB2196 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the identification and mapping of aggregate production operations by The University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-23 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB2196 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB2196-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the identification and mapping of aggregate production operations by The University of Texas Bureau of Economic Geology.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-23 - Effective on 9/1/23 [SB2196 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB2196-Comm_Sub.html
By: Hancock, et al. | S.B. No. 2196 | |
(Kuempel) | ||
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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. | ||
(e) The bureau may accept gifts, grants, and donations from | ||
sources other than the state for the purpose of implementing 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. The University of Texas Bureau of Economic | ||
Geology is required to implement a provision of this Act only if the | ||
legislature appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If | ||
the legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that | ||
purpose, the bureau may, but is not required to, implement a | ||
provision of this Act using other money available for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |