86R4890 MP-F
 
  By: Huberty H.B. No. 908
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the regulation of aggregate production operation by the
  Texas Commission on Environmental Quality; increasing an
  administrative penalty.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 7.052, Water Code, is amended by adding
  Subsection (b-5) to read as follows:
         (b-5)  The amount of the penalty against a facility operator
  for operating an aggregate production operation, as defined by
  Section 28A.001, in violation of a permit issued by the commission
  under Section 26.027 or 26.040 of this code or under Section
  382.051, Health and Safety Code, may not exceed $50,000 a day for
  each day a violation continues.
         SECTION 2.  Section 7.069, Water Code, is amended by
  amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
  follows:
         (a)  Except as provided by Subsections [Subsection] (b) and
  (c), a penalty collected under this subchapter shall be deposited
  to the credit of the general revenue fund.
         (c)  A penalty collected under Section 7.052(b-5) shall be
  paid to the commission and deposited to the credit of the water
  resources management account and that money may be used only to
  implement Chapter 28A.
         SECTION 3.  Section 28A.053(a), Water Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (a)  The commission shall inspect each active aggregate
  production operation in this state for compliance with applicable
  environmental laws and rules under the jurisdiction of the
  commission at least once every two [three] years.
         SECTION 4.  (a) The change in law made by this Act to Section
  7.052, Water Code, applies only to a violation that occurs on or
  after the effective date of this Act. For purposes of this section,
  a violation occurs before the effective date of this Act if any
  element of the violation occurs before that date.
         (b)  A violation that occurs before the effective date of
  this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date of the
  violation, and the former law is continued in effect for that
  purpose.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.