By Ellis                                              H.B. No. 2461
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to outdoor burning under the Texas Clean Air Act.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1. Section 382.018, Health and Safety Code, is
 1-5     amended to read as follows:
 1-6           Sec. 382.018.  OUTDOOR BURNING OF WASTE AND COMBUSTIBLE
 1-7     MATERIAL. (a)  The commission by rule may control and prohibit the
 1-8     outdoor burning of waste and combustible material and may include
 1-9     requirements concerning the particular method to be used to control
1-10     or abate the emission of air contaminants resulting from that
1-11     burning.
1-12           (b)  The commission by rule shall authorize residents of a
1-13     residential subdivision to consolidate for on-site burning at one
1-14     location within the subdivision and to burn at that location waste
1-15     from individual residents' properties that consists of trees,
1-16     brush, and other plant growth.
1-17           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.