TITLE: Relating to the issuance of or use of an air quality permit for a facility that produces or crushes aggregates.

SUMMARY: Relating to the issuance of or use of an air quality permit for a facility that produces or crushes aggregates.

FULL TEXT:
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.