Texas HB5151 prohibits new mines, quarries, or rock crushing facilities within four miles of certain lakes and state parks, and two miles of a youth.
Texas HB5151 amends the Health and Safety Code to prohibit new mines, quarries, or rock crushing facilities within four miles of a lake owned or operated by a Texas river authority with a national fish hatchery, four miles of the entrance of a state park operated by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department with a cavern dedicated as a National Natural Landmark dedicated in 1971, and two miles of a youth camp founded in 1975 and licensed by the Texas Department of State Health Services.
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