Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4063 Latest Draft

Bill / Introduced Version Filed 03/07/2019

                            86R14005 JAM-D
 By: Martinez H.B. No. 4063


 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 AN ACT
 relating to the location and operation of certain concrete crushing
 facilities.
 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 SECTION 1.  Section 382.065, Health and Safety Code, is
 amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (e) to
 read as follows:
 (b)  Subsection (a) does not apply to a concrete crushing
 facility:
 (1)  at a location for which commission authorization
 for the operation of a concrete crushing facility was in effect on
 September 1, 2001;
 (2)  at a location that satisfies the distance
 requirements of Subsection (a) at the time the application for the
 initial authorization for the operation of that facility at that
 location is filed with the commission, provided that the
 authorization is granted and maintained, regardless of whether a
 single or multifamily residence, school, or place of worship is
 subsequently built or put to use within 440 yards of the facility;
 [or]
 (3)  that:
 (A)  uses a concrete crusher:
 (i)  in the manufacture of products that
 contain recycled materials; and
 (ii)  that is located in an enclosed
 building; and
 (B)  is located:
 (i)  within 25 miles of an international
 border; and
 (ii)  in a municipality with a population of
 not less than 6,100 but not more than 20,000; or
 (4)  that:
 (A)  is located in a county with a population of
 less than 50,000; and
 (B)  operates at a location:
 (i)  for not more than 90 days; and
 (ii)  only between the hours of 8 a.m. and 6
 p.m.
 (e)  The commission shall impose a condition for the
 authorization for the operation of a concrete crushing facility to
 which the exception provided by Subsection (b)(4) applies that the
 owner or operator of the facility must remove the aggregate
 produced by the facility from the location of the facility not later
 than the 30th day after the date of the expiration of the
 authorization.
 SECTION 2.  Section 382.065(b), Health and Safety Code, as
 amended by this Act, and Section 382.065(e) of that code, as added
 by this Act, apply only to a permit to operate a concrete crushing
 facility the application for which is filed on or after the
 effective date of this Act. A permit the application for which is
 filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law
 in effect on the date of filing, and that law is continued in effect
 for that purpose.
 SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.