Relating to the authority of the Lower Colorado River Authority to issue permits for certain quarries and mines.

89(R) HB 3482 - Introduced version - Bill Text

89R15336 MP-F

By: Troxclair

H.B. No. 3482

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the authority of the Lower Colorado River Authority to

issue permits for certain quarries and mines.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Chapter 8503, Special District Local Laws Code,

is amended by adding Section 8503.033 to read as follows:

Sec.

8503.033.

PERMITS FOR CERTAIN QUARRIES AND MINES. (a)

This section applies only to a quarry or mine that is proposed to be

located within:

(1)

four miles of a lake owned or operated by the

authority;

(2)

four miles of the entrances to two or more state

parks or caverns operated by the Parks and Wildlife Department; and

(3)

two miles of a youth camp licensed by the

Department of State Health Services.

(b)

The authority may not issue a permit for a quarry or mine

at a site to which this section applies unless the authority or the

commission has performed a study and confirmed that the proposed

quarry or mining operation will not harm any lake or state park.

SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only

to a permit the application for which is filed with the Lower

Colorado River Authority on or after the effective date of this Act.

A permit the application for which is filed with the authority

before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it

existed immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that

law is continued in effect for that purpose.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.