89R24779 MP-D
By: Wilson, Troxclair H.B. No. 5151
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 5151:
By: Landgraf C.S.H.B. No. 5151
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the issuance of or use of an air quality permit for a
facility that produces or crushes aggregates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 382, Health and Safety
Code, is amended by adding Section 382.070 to read as follows:
Sec. 382.070. PERMITS FOR CERTAIN FACILITIES THAT PRODUCE
OR CRUSH AGGREGATES. (a) This section applies only to a facility
used for the production or crushing of aggregates, as defined by
Section 28A.001, Water Code, that is proposed to be located within:
(1) four miles of a lake that:
(A) is owned or operated by a river authority;
and
(B) supports a national fish hatchery;
(2) four miles of an entrance to a state park that:
(A) is owned or operated by the Parks and
Wildlife Department; and
(B) contains a cavern dedicated as a National
Natural Landmark in 1971; and
(3) two miles of a youth camp:
(A) founded in 1975; and
(B) licensed by the Department of State Health
Services.
(b) The commission may not issue a permit or permit
amendment or authorize the use of a standard permit for a facility
described by Subsection (a).
(c) This section does not apply to a facility operating
under a permit issued or authorization to use a standard permit
granted 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.