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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to limits on mining of marl, sand, gravel, shell, or |
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mudshell in certain protected freshwater areas. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 86, Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 86.0021 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 86.0021. NO COMMERCIAL MINING IN CERTAIN PROTECTED |
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FRESHWATER AREAS. Notwithstanding any other provision of this |
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chapter, the commission may not grant a permit to take more than |
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1,000 cubic yards of marl, sand, gravel, shell, or mudshell from a |
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protected freshwater area, as that term is defined by Section |
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90.001, unless: |
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(1) the area covered by the permit is located east of |
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Interstate 35 or, where Interstate 35W and Interstate 35E run |
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parallel, east of Interstate 35E; or |
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(2) the marl, sand, gravel, shell, or mudshell will |
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not be sold. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an application for a permit submitted to the Parks and Wildlife |
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Commission under Chapter 86, Parks and Wildlife Code, on or after |
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the effective date of this Act. An application for a permit |
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submitted to the commission before that date is governed by the law |
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in effect on the date the application is submitted and that law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |