1-1 By: Ramsay (Senate Sponsor - Bernsen) H.B. No. 3315
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2001;
1-3 April 24, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Natural Resources; May 11, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable
1-5 Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0;
1-6 May 11, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3315 By: Duncan
1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-9 AN ACT
1-10 Relating to county regulation of outdoor burning.
1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12 SECTION 1. Section 240.906 (f), Local Government Code, as
1-13 added by Chapter 1453, Acts of the 76th Legislature, Regular
1-14 Session, 1999, is amended to read as follows:
1-15 (f) This section does not apply to outdoor burning
1-16 activities:
1-17 (1) related to public health and safety that are
1-18 authorized by the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
1-19 for:
1-20 (A) [1] firefighter training;
1-21 (B) [2] public utility, natural gas pipeline, or
1-22 mining operations; or
1-23 (C) [3] Planting or harvesting of agricultural
1-24 crops; or
1-25 (2) that are conducted by a prescribed burn manager
1-26 certified under Section 153.048, Natural Resources Code and meets
1-27 the standards of Section 153.047.
1-28 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
1-29 a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-30 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-31 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-32 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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