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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to prohibiting camping and building fires in certain |
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areas; creating a criminal offense. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 90, Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 90.0085 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 90.0085. CAMPING AND BUILDING FIRES PROHIBITED IN |
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CERTAIN AREAS. (a) This section applies to a section of the Blanco |
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River that is not located in a county adjacent to a county with a |
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municipality with a population greater than 1.5 million. |
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(b) Section 90.008(a) does not apply to the area described |
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by this section. |
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(c) A person may not camp or build a fire in a dry riverbed. |
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SECTION 2. Section 90.011(a), Parks and Wildlife Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A person commits an offense if the person violates |
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Section 90.002, [or] 90.008, or 90.0085. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |