SRC-MWN S.B. 1609 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 1609
77R7723 JAT-DBy: Staples
Natural Resources
4/27/2001
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Currently, residents of a residential subdivision are prohibited from
consolidating greenwaste for on-site burning at one location within the
subdivision. As proposed, S.B. 1609 authorizes residents of a subdivision
to consolidate their greenwaste to be burned at one location within the
subdivision. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

Rulemaking authority is expressly granted to the Texas Natural Resource
Conservation Commission in SECTION 1 (Section 382.018, Health and Safety
Code) of this bill. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1. Amends Section 382.018, Health and Safety Code, to require the
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission (commission) by rule to
authorize residents of a residential subdivision to consolidate for on-site
burning at one location within the subdivision and to burn at that location
waste from individual residents' properties that consist of trees, brush,
and other plant growth. 

SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 2001.