1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to county regulation of outdoor burning.
 1-3           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-4           SECTION 1.  Section 240.906(f), Local Government Code, as
 1-5     added by Chapter 1453, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular
 1-6     Session, 1999, is amended to read as follows:
 1-7           (f)  This section does not apply to outdoor burning
 1-8     activities:
 1-9                 (1)  related to public health and safety that are
1-10     authorized by the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
1-11     for:
1-12                       (A) [(1)]  firefighter training;
1-13                       (B) [(2)]  public utility, natural gas pipeline,
1-14     or mining operations; or
1-15                       (C)  planting or [(3)]  harvesting of agriculture
1-16     crops; or
1-17                 (2)  that are conducted by a prescribed burn manager
1-18     certified under Section 153.048, Natural Resources Code, and meet
1-19     the standards of Section 153.047, Natural Resources Code.
1-20           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-21     a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-22     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-23     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-24     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 3315 was passed by the House on April
         20, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0, 2 present, not
         voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
         No. 3315 on May 25, 2001, by a non-record vote.
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                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
               I certify that H.B. No. 3315 was passed by the Senate, with
         amendments, on May 22, 2001, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays
         0, 1 present, not voting.
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                                                 Secretary of the Senate
         APPROVED:  __________________________
                              Date
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                            Governor