86R2890 MP-D
By: Creighton, Buckingham S.B. No. 2124
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to best management practices for aggregate production
operations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 28A, Water Code, is
amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 28A. REGULATION [REGISTRATION AND INSPECTION] OF CERTAIN
AGGREGATE PRODUCTION OPERATIONS
SECTION 2. The heading to Subchapter B, Chapter 28A, Water
Code, is amended to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER B. REGISTRATION, [AND] INSPECTION, AND BEST PRACTICES
SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 28A, Water Code, is
amended by adding Section 28A.055 to read as follows:
Sec. 28A.055. BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES. The commission
shall adopt and make accessible on the commission's Internet
website best management practices for aggregate production
operations to comply with applicable environmental laws and rules.
SECTION 4. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall
adopt the best management practices required under Section 28A.055,
Water Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2019.