S.B. No. 2196

	AN ACT
	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.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2196 passed the Senate on
	April 20, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2196 passed the House on
	May 9, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 124, Nays 18, two
	present not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	Approved:
	______________________________
	Date
	______________________________
	Governor