Texas Natural Resources Code

§ 133.045 — SAFETY CERTIFICATE REQUIRED

NR § 133.045Title 4. MINES AND MINING · Ch. 133. QUARRY SAFETY · Art. D. SAFETY AND CERTIFICATION

Statute text

(a)A safety certificate is required for an active, inactive, or abandoned quarry or pit that is located in hazardous proximity to a public road or is in an unacceptable unsafe location, excluding an inactive or abandoned quarry or pit that receives a written waiver from the department.

(b)From and after November 1, 1991, unless a person responsible for a quarry or pit has obtained from the department a certificate that a quarry or pit complies with this subchapter and rules or orders adopted under this subchapter, and subject to Subsection (c) of this section, the person responsible may not:

(1)open a new pit in hazardous proximity to a public road; and

(2)locate a pit in an area wherein it is in an unacceptable unsafe location; or

(3)reopen, operate, or abandon a quarry or pit that is in hazardous proximity to a public road and in an unacceptable unsafe location; and

(4)provided, however, that the person responsible must have received a notice from the department that the quarry or pit requires the operator to obtain a safety certificate, before that person is prohibited from operating or maintaining the quarry or pit without a safety certificate.

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Legislative history

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 204 (H.B. 1620), Sec. 14.006, eff. September 1, 2025.