By Bosse H.B. No. 964 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to improving the health and welfare of persons fishing in 1-3 certain watercourses after which famous battlefields of the Texas 1-4 Revolution have been named in counties with a population of more 1-5 than 2.4 million. 1-6 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-7 SECTION 1. Section 361.102, Health and Safety Code, is 1-8 amended by adding a new subsection (e) to read as follows: 1-9 (e) The commission and the Texas Air Control Board by rule 1-10 shall prohibit the issuance of a permit for the construction or 1-11 operation of a commercial hazardous waste management facility in a 1-12 county of a population over 2.4 million if the boundary of the unit 1-13 is located within three miles of a watercourse after which a famous 1-14 battlefield of the Texas Revolution has been named and if such 1-15 watercourse, or any part thereof, has been or could be used for 1-16 fishing, whether commercial or recreational. 1-17 SECTION 2. Section 361.102 (e) and (f) are redesignated 1-18 subsections (f) and (g), respectively. 1-19 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-20 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-21 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-22 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-23 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-1 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-2 passage, and it is so enacted.