Texas § NR.133.011 - GENERAL AUTHORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT
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§ NR.133.011. GENERAL AUTHORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT
GENERAL AUTHORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT. To accomplish the limited purposes of this chapter, the department may: (1) with proper notice to all parties affected, adopt rules and regulations consistent with the provisions of this chapter and issue orders necessary to implement and enforce this chapter; (2) conduct research necessary for the discharge of its duties under this chapter; (3) collect and make available to the public information relating to the inventory and classification of quarries, including maps and other technical data; (4) apply for, accept, receive, and administer grants, gifts, loans, or other funds from any source; and (5) hold public hearings, take written sworn testimony, hear witnesses upon oath, and consider reports in regard to the classifications of pits within the definitions of hazardous proximity to a public road and unacceptable unsafe location, issuing rules and orders in relation thereto. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 668, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 26, 1991. Amended by: Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 204 (H.B. 1620 ), Sec. 14.002, eff. September 1, 2025.
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