1-1 By: Pitts (Senate Sponsor - Sibley) H.B. No. 2680 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 1993; 1-3 April 30, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on 1-4 International Relations, Trade, and Technology; May 5, 1993, 1-5 reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; 1-6 May 5, 1993, sent to printer.) 1-7 COMMITTEE VOTE 1-8 Yea Nay PNV Absent 1-9 Truan x 1-10 Barrientos x 1-11 Bivins x 1-12 Brown x 1-13 Carriker x 1-14 Harris of Tarrant x 1-15 Lucio x 1-16 Rosson x 1-17 Wentworth x 1-18 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-19 AN ACT 1-20 relating to certain activities near a site related to the 1-21 superconducting super collider; providing penalties. 1-22 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-23 SECTION 1. In this Act: 1-24 (1) "Interaction region of the super collider" means 1-25 an area above, below, or adjacent to a tunnel or other improvement 1-26 used in any way with the super collider or an area designated by 1-27 the United States Department of Energy as an interaction region of 1-28 the super collider. 1-29 (2) "Super collider" means the superconducting super 1-30 collider scientific project constructed and operated in Ellis 1-31 County. 1-32 SECTION 2. A person may not conduct blasting, rock quarry 1-33 operations, or another activity that causes ground motion in excess 1-34 of one micron in frequencies of five hertz or less as measured at 1-35 an interaction region of the super collider. 1-36 SECTION 3. The United States Department of Energy may bring 1-37 an action to enjoin a violation of this Act. 1-38 SECTION 4. (a) A person who violates this Act commits an 1-39 offense. 1-40 (b) An offense under this section is punishable by a fine of 1-41 not less than $100 or more than $1,000, confinement in jail for not 1-42 more than one year, or both. 1-43 SECTION 5. Subchapter H, Chapter 231, Local Government Code, 1-44 is repealed, and a regulation adopted under that subchapter or an 1-45 interlocal agreement entered to carry out that subchapter is void. 1-46 SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993. 1-47 SECTION 7. The importance of this legislation and the 1-48 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-49 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-50 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-51 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 1-52 * * * * * 1-53 Austin, 1-54 Texas 1-55 May 5, 1993 1-56 Hon. Bob Bullock 1-57 President of the Senate 1-58 Sir: 1-59 We, your Committee on International Relations, Trade, and 1-60 Technology to which was referred H.B. No. 2680, have had the same 1-61 under consideration, and I am instructed to report it back to the 1-62 Senate with the recommendation that it do pass and be printed. 1-63 Truan, 1-64 Chairman 1-65 * * * * * 1-66 WITNESSES 1-67 FOR AGAINST ON 1-68 ___________________________________________________________________ 2-1 Name: Ken Welch x 2-2 Representing: Tx National Research Lab Comm. 2-3 City: De Soto 2-4 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-5 Name: Gregory M. Haas x 2-6 Representing: U.S.D.O.E. 2-7 City: Dallas 2-8 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-9 Name: Ms. Karen Weaver Ellis Cty x 2-10 Representing: Citizens for Respon. Govt. 2-11 City: Ennis 2-12 ------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-13 Name: Mr. Glendell Cosyner x 2-14 Representing: Self & 25 citizens of Ennis 2-15 City: Ennis 2-16 -------------------------------------------------------------------