86R2899 MP-F
By: Huberty H.B. No. 907
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the penalty for failure to register certain aggregate
production operations with the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 28A.102, Water Code, is amended to read
as follows:
Sec. 28A.102. PENALTY. The commission may assess a penalty
of not less than $10,000 [$5,000] and not more than $20,000
[$10,000] for each year in which an aggregate production operation
operates without being registered under this chapter. The total
penalty under this section may not exceed $50,000 [$25,000] for an
aggregate production operation that is operated in three or more
years without being registered.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.