By:  Farabee                                                      H.B. No. 2847



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the transfer of the powers, duties, and functions under 
the Texas Aggregate Quarry and Pit Safety Act from the railroad 
commission to the department of transportation.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  On the effective date of this Act:                                 
		(1)  all powers, duties, functions, and activities 
performed by the Railroad Commission of Texas under Chapter 133, 
Natural Resources Code, immediately before the effective date of 
this Act are transferred to the Texas Department of Transportation;
		(2)  all employees of the Railroad Commission of Texas 
whose primary duties relate to the implementation of Chapter 133, 
Natural Resources Code (Texas Aggregate Quarry and Pit Safety Act), 
become employees of the Texas Department of Transportation;
		(3)  a rule, form, order, or procedure adopted by the 
Railroad Commission of Texas for the implementation or enforcement 
of Chapter 133, Natural Resources Code (Texas Aggregate Quarry and 
Pit Safety Act), is a rule, form, order, or procedure of the Texas 
Department of Transportation and remains in effect until changed by 
the Texas Department of Transportation;
		(4)  a reference in Chapter 133, Natural Resources 
Code, to the Railroad Commission of Texas means the Texas 
Department of Transportation;
		(5)  a permit or certification in effect under Chapter 
133, Natural Resources Code, that was issued by the Railroad 
Commission of Texas is continued in effect as a permit or 
certification issued by the Texas Department of Transportation; and
		(6)  a complaint, investigation, or other proceeding 
under Chapter 133, Natural Resources Code, pending before the 
Railroad Commission of Texas is transferred without change in 
status to the Texas Department of Transportation.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.