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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the location and operation of certain concrete batch |
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plants. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 382, Health and Safety |
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Code, is amended by adding Section 382.0651 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 382.0651. LOCATION AND OPERATION OF CERTAIN CONCRETE |
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BATCH PLANTS. (a) In this section, "concrete batch plant" means a |
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concrete plant that performs wet batching, dry batching, or central |
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mixing. |
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(b) The commission by rule shall prohibit the operation of a |
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concrete batch plant operating under a standard permit issued under |
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Section 382.05195 within 550 feet of a concrete crushing facility, |
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a hot mix asphalt plant, or a second concrete batch plant operating |
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under that standard permit, unless the first concrete batch plant |
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was authorized to begin operations before September 1, 2025. |
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(c) This subsection applies only to the renewal of an |
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authorization to use a standard permit issued under Section |
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382.05195 for a concrete batch plant that was authorized to begin |
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operations before September 1, 2025. After the renewal of the |
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authorization, the commission shall prohibit the operation of the |
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concrete batch plant at the same time as any of the following types |
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of facilities located within 550 feet of the concrete batch plant: |
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(1) a concrete crushing facility; |
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(2) a hot mix asphalt plant; or |
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(3) another concrete batch plant operating under a |
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standard permit issued under Section 382.05195. |
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(d) The measurement of distance for the purposes of this |
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section must be taken from the point on the concrete batch plant |
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that is nearest to the concrete crushing facility, hot mix asphalt |
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plant, or other concrete batch plant toward the point on the |
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concrete crushing facility, hot mix asphalt plant, or other |
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concrete batch plant that is nearest the concrete batch plant. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |