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  89R2900 KRM-D     By: Walle H.B. No. 1513       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the location and operation of certain concrete batch   plants.          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 382.0651 to read as follows:           Sec.   382.0651.     LOCATION AND OPERATION OF CERTAIN CONCRETE   BATCH PLANTS. (a) In this section, "concrete batch plant" means a   concrete plant that performs wet batching, dry batching, or central   mixing.           (b)     The commission by rule shall prohibit the operation of a   concrete batch plant operating under a standard permit issued under   Section 382.05195 within 550 feet of a concrete crushing facility,   a hot mix asphalt plant, or a second concrete batch plant operating   under that standard permit, unless the first concrete batch plant   was authorized to begin operations before September 1, 2025.           (c)     This subsection applies only to the renewal of an   authorization to use a standard permit issued under Section   382.05195 for a concrete batch plant that was authorized to begin   operations before September 1, 2025. After the renewal of the   authorization, the commission shall prohibit the operation of the   concrete batch plant at the same time as any of the following types   of facilities located within 550 feet of the concrete batch plant:                 (1)  a concrete crushing facility;                 (2)  a hot mix asphalt plant; or                 (3)     another concrete batch plant operating under a   standard permit issued under Section 382.05195.           (d)     The measurement of distance for the purposes of this   section must be taken from the point on the concrete batch plant   that is nearest to the concrete crushing facility, hot mix asphalt   plant, or other concrete batch plant toward the point on the   concrete crushing facility, hot mix asphalt plant, or other   concrete batch plant that is nearest the concrete batch plant.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.