89R15336 MP-F     By: Troxclair H.B. No. 3482       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   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.