By Ramsay H.B. No. 3315 77R3090 PAM-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 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 1435, 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 related to public health and safety that are authorized 1-9 by the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission for: 1-10 (1) firefighter training; 1-11 (2) public utility, natural gas pipeline, or mining 1-12 operations; or 1-13 (3) planting or harvesting of agriculture crops. 1-14 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 1-15 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 1-16 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this 1-17 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 1-18 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.