By: Wilson H.B. No. 5151
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the prohibition of certain new mines, quarries, or rock
crushing operations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Title 5, Subtitle C, Chapter 382, Health and
Safety Code, is amended by adding Section 382.006 to Subchapter A to
read as follows:
382.006 CERTAIN NEW MINES, QUARRIES, AND ROCK CRUSHING
OPERATIONS PROHIBITED.
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, mines, quarries, or rock
crushing facilities are prohibited at any site that is located
within:
(1) four miles of a lake owned or operated by a Texas
river authority, with a national fish hatchery;
(2) four miles of the entrance of a state park operated
by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department with a cavern dedicated
as a National Natural Landmark dedicated in 1971; and
(3) two miles of a youth camp founded in 1975 and
licensed by the Texas Department of State Health Services.
(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a site that was legally
operating as a mine, quarry, or rock crushing facility on or before
January 1, 2025.
SECTION 2. 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, 2025.