Tex. Natural Resources Code § 133.011
This is the official text of Tex. Natural Resources Code § 133.011, part of Texas’s Natural Resources Code — governs land, minerals, and natural resource management.
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§ 133.011. GENERAL AUTHORITY OF THE DEPARTMENT.
Official statutory text
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.
(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.
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