By Kuempel                                            H.B. No. 1892
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to an exemption from sand and gravel permit requirements.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Section 86.0191, Parks and Wildlife Code, is
 1-5     amended to read as follows:
 1-6           Sec. 86.0191.  EXEMPTION.  The commission shall, by rule,
 1-7     exempt entities from the requirements of this chapter regarding
 1-8     permits and fees required for disturbing or taking marl, sand,
 1-9     gravel, shell, and mudshell for noncommercial purposes when such
1-10     disturbances or takings occur for maintenance projects or
1-11     construction of new utility lines carried out by public utilities.
1-12           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-13           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
1-14     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-15     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-16     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-17     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.