H.B. No. 2680 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to certain activities near a site related to the 1-3 superconducting super collider; providing penalties. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. In this Act: 1-6 (1) "Interaction region of the super collider" means 1-7 an area above, below, or adjacent to a tunnel or other improvement 1-8 used in any way with the super collider or an area designated by 1-9 the United States Department of Energy as an interaction region of 1-10 the super collider. 1-11 (2) "Super collider" means the superconducting super 1-12 collider scientific project constructed and operated in Ellis 1-13 County. 1-14 SECTION 2. A person may not conduct blasting, rock quarry 1-15 operations, or another activity that causes ground motion in excess 1-16 of one micron in frequencies of five hertz or less as measured at 1-17 an interaction region of the super collider. 1-18 SECTION 3. The United States Department of Energy may bring 1-19 an action to enjoin a violation of this Act. 1-20 SECTION 4. (a) A person who violates this Act commits an 1-21 offense. 1-22 (b) An offense under this section is punishable by a fine of 1-23 not less than $100 or more than $1,000, confinement in jail for not 1-24 more than one year, or both. 2-1 SECTION 5. Subchapter H, Chapter 231, Local Government Code, 2-2 is repealed, and a regulation adopted under that subchapter or an 2-3 interlocal agreement entered to carry out that subchapter is void. 2-4 SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993. 2-5 SECTION 7. The importance of this legislation and the 2-6 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-7 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-8 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-9 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.