| TO: | Honorable Kip Averitt, Chair, Senate Committee on Natural Resources |
| FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board |
| IN RE: | SB644 by Ellis (Relating to restrictions on the location and operation of concrete crushing facilities.), As Introduced |
The bill would add restrictions to the location and operation of concrete crushing facilities. Specifically, the bill proposes to add two new types of buildings or facilities that shall be 440 yards from the operation of a concrete crushing facility. These two types of building or facilities are a place of business where employees of the business work outdoors, and a park or other outdoor recreational facility, including a playing field. The bill also would propose that the measurement of the 440 yards is the shortest distance between the crushing facility and the defined receptors, rather than the current requirement that the measurement be taken from the point on the concrete crushing facility nearest to the receptors.
Any costs to the Commission on Environmental Quality resulting from the bill's passage could be reasonably absorbed within the agency's existing budget. Although the bill could make it more difficult for concrete crushing facilities to locate, thereby increasing costs to state agencies acquiring concrete, the bill is not expected to result in a significant cost increase.
| Source Agencies: | 582 Commission on Environmental Quality, 601 Department of Transportation
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| LBB Staff: | JOB, WK, TL
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