Nearly two dozen Burnet County residents traveled to Austin April 24 to testify before the Texas Committee on Environmental Regulations in support of a quarry regulation bill.
The hearing was scheduled to start at 10:30 a.m. but delays moved their timing to testify later that afternoon. Organizers say they did not waste time, however.
They knocked on doors to pass along their support for Texas House Bill 5151, sponsored by State Rep. Terry Wilson (HD-20), that would place limits on where rock quarries could operate around the state.
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