HB 3338
AN ACT relating to the permitting of certain concrete plants located in an
89th Regular Session
Jan 14, 2025 - Jun 2, 2025 • Session ended
Awaiting Committee Assignment
Bill filed, pending referral to House committee
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What This Bill Does
Restricts the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality from issuing permits for concrete plants located in municipal areas without zoning regulations and within five miles of schools or licensed day-care centers. The legislation aims to control the placement of concrete plants near sensitive locations, potentially impacting industrial development in unzoned municipal areas by creating additional geographic limitations for concrete plant operations.
Subject Areas
Bill Text
relating to the permitting of certain concrete plants located in an area of a municipality not subject to zoning regulations. 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 382.051991 to read as follows: Sec. 382.051991. PERMIT FOR CERTAIN CONCRETE PLANTS NOT SUBJECT TO MUNICIPAL ZONING. (a) This section applies only to a concrete plant that performs wet batching, dry batching, or central (b) The commission may not issue or authorize the use of a permit under Section 382.0518, 382.05195, 382.05196, 382.05198, or 382.051985 for the operation of a concrete plant located: (1) in an area of a municipality that is not subject to (2) within five miles of a school, licensed day-care SECTION 2. Section 382.051991, Health and Safety Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a permit or authorization the application for which is filed with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality on or after the effective date of this Act. A permit or authorization the application for which is filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date of filing, and that law is continued in effect for that SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.
Expert Lobbyists for This Bill
These lobbyists specialize in Day Care, Hospitals and related subject areas.
Brianna M. Menard
Vera Denise Rose
Gavin L. Massingill
Fred Shannon
Matthew Bentley
Allison Billodeau
Jennifer Shelley Rodriguez
Ky Ash
Nora Del Bosque
Craig Holzheauser
Bill History
Bill filed: AN ACT relating to the permitting of certain concrete plants located in an
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