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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to county authority to provide certain exemptions to |
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restrictions on outdoor burning. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 352.081, Local Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (f-1) to read as follows: |
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(f-1) The commissioners court of a county may provide |
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exemptions from an order adopted by the county under this section. |
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The exemptions may include any of the following: |
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(1) prescribed burns conducted by specific prescribed |
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burn associations; |
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(2) outdoor burning by specific state agency |
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landowners; and |
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(3) outdoor burning by private landowners who, as the |
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commissioners court in its discretion finds, demonstrate the |
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knowledge, experience, planning, personnel, liability insurance, |
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and equipment to safely conduct a planned prescribed burn during |
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the period during which burning is prohibited or restricted, in |
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accordance with prescribed burning conditions and standards |
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described by Chapter 153, Natural Resources Code. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |