By Kuempel H.B. No. 1318 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to an exemption from the sand and gravel permitting 1-3 process for disturbances of marl, sand, gravel, shell, and mudshell 1-4 for noncommercial maintenance projects by public utilities. 1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-6 SECTION 1. Chapter 86, Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended 1-7 by adding Section 86.0191 to read as follows: 1-8 Sec. 86.0191. EXEMPTION. The commission shall, by rule, 1-9 exempt entities from the requirements of this chapter regarding 1-10 permits and fees required for disturbing or taking marl, sand, 1-11 gravel, shell, and mudshell for noncommercial purposes when such 1-12 disturbances or takings occur for maintenance projects carried out 1-13 by public utilities. 1-14 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 1-15 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-16 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-17 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-18 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-19 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.