By Staples S.B. No. 1609 77R7723 JAT-D 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.