1-1     By:  Staples                                          S.B. No. 1609
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2001; March 14, 2001, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources;
 1-4     May 2, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6,
 1-5     Nays 0; May 2, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to outdoor burning under the Texas Clean Air Act.
 1-9           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10           SECTION 1.  Section 382.018, Health and Safety Code, is
1-11     amended to read as follows:
1-12           Sec. 382.018.  OUTDOOR BURNING OF WASTE AND COMBUSTIBLE
1-13     MATERIAL.  (a)  The commission by rule may control and prohibit the
1-14     outdoor burning of waste and combustible material and may include
1-15     requirements concerning the particular method to be used to control
1-16     or abate the emission of air contaminants resulting from that
1-17     burning.
1-18           (b)  The commission by rule shall authorize residents of a
1-19     residential subdivision to consolidate for on-site burning at one
1-20     location within the subdivision and to burn at that location waste
1-21     from individual residents' properties that consists of trees,
1-22     brush, and other plant growth.
1-23           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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