By Denny H.B. No. 2732 Line and page numbers may not match official copy. Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to regulation of quarries or pits in certain counties. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Chapter 133, Natural Resources Code, is amended 1-5 by adding section 133.091(b) to read as follows: 1-6 Section 133.091. COUNTY AUTHORITY TO REGULATE. (a) A 1-7 county with a population of 2.4 million or more may adopt 1-8 regulations requiring the placement of signs or barriers on 1-9 aggregate quarries and pits. 1-10 (b) A county with a population of 270,000 or more and is 1-11 adjacent to two or more counties with a population of one million 1-12 or more may adopt regulations for aggregate quarries or pits that 1-13 are not inconsistent with this Chapter and Section 133.093. 1-14 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 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.