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

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

FULL TEXT:
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.