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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the regulation of aggregate production operations by |
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the commissioners court in certain counties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 28A, Water Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 28A. REGULATION [REGISTRATION AND INSPECTION] OF CERTAIN |
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AGGREGATE PRODUCTION OPERATIONS |
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SECTION 2. The heading to Subchapter B, Chapter 28A, Water |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER B. REGISTRATION, [AND] INSPECTION, AND OPERATION |
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SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 28A, Water Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 28A.055 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 28A.055. LOCATION OF AGGREGATE PRODUCTION OPERATIONS |
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IN CERTAIN COUNTIES. (a) This section applies only to a county: |
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(1) that is adjacent to a county with a population of |
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500,000 or more; and |
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(2) that, according to the most recent federal |
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decennial census, had population growth of more than 30 percent |
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during the decade preceding the most recent federal decennial |
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census. |
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(b) The commissioners court of a county by order may |
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regulate the construction of an aggregate production operation by |
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restricting the location of a production operation to not less than |
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one mile from a residence, school, place of worship, or hospital. |
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SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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an aggregate production operation the construction of which begins |
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on or after the effective date of this Act. An aggregate production |
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operation that was constructed before the effective date of this |
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Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before the |
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effective date of this Act, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |