78R6147 MI-F


By:  Chisum                                                       H.B. No. 1287



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the location and operation of concrete crushing 
facilities.     
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 382.065(a), Health and Safety Code, as 
added by Chapter 965, Acts of the 77th Legislature, Regular 
Session, 2001, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The commission by rule shall prohibit the [location of 
or] operation of a concrete crushing facility within 440 yards of a 
building used as a single or multifamily residence, school, or 
place of worship.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.