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.