Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
NATURAL RESOURCES CODE |
Title 4. MINES AND MINING |
Chapter 133. QUARRY SAFETY |
Subchapter C. PERSON RESPONSIBLE FOR QUARRY OR PIT |
Sec. 133.021. PERSONS RESPONSIBLE FOR QUARRY OR PIT
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(a) For the purposes of this chapter, the person responsible for a quarry or pit is the current operator of the quarry or pit, except that if a quarry or pit was abandoned on or before January 1, 1991, or became inactive before that date and has not resumed operations, or if no operator exists, then the owner in which the pit exists is the person responsible.
(b) Where a conflict arises in identifying a person responsible for the pit, the commission may hold a public hearing.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 668, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 26, 1991.