Amend SB 1710 (House committee printing) as follows:                         

(1)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in amended Subsection (a), 	Section 382.018, Health and Safety Code (page 1, line 7), strike 
"The" and substitute "Except as provided by Subsections (b) and 
(d), the [The]".
	(2)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, after added Subsection (c), 
Section 382.018, Health and Safety Code (page 2, between lines 2 and 
3), insert the following:
	(d)  The commission may not control or prohibit outdoor 
burning of waste consisting of trees, brush, grass, leaves, branch 
trimmings, or other plant growth if:
		(1)  the person burning the waste is doing so at a site:               
			(A)  designated for consolidated burning of waste 
generated from specific residential properties;
			(B)  located in a county with a population of less 
than 50,000;     
			(C)  located outside of a municipality; and                           
			(D)  supervised at the time of the burning by an 
employee of a fire department who is part of the fire protection 
personnel, as defined by Section 419.021, Government Code, of the 
department and is acting in the scope of the person's employment; 
and
		(2)  the waste was generated from a property for which 
the site is designated.
	(e)  A fire department employee who will supervise a burning 
under Subsection (d)(1)(D) shall notify the commission of each 
burning supervised by the employee, and the commission shall 
provide the employee with information on practical alternatives to 
burning.