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.