Section 133.011 - General Authority of the Commission To accomplish the limited purposes of this chapter, the commission 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.Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 133.011
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 668, Sec. 1, eff. 8/26/1991.