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AN ACT
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relating to volunteer firefighter supervision of outdoor burning of |
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waste consisting of plant growth. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 382.018(d), Health and Safety Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(d) The commission may not control or prohibit outdoor |
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burning of waste consisting of trees, brush, grass, leaves, branch |
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trimmings, or other plant growth if: |
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(1) the person burning the waste is doing so at a site: |
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(A) designated for consolidated burning of waste |
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generated from specific residential properties; |
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(B) located in a county with a population of less |
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than 50,000; |
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(C) located outside of a municipality; and |
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(D) supervised at the time of the burning by: |
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(i) an employee of a fire department who is |
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part of the fire protection personnel, as defined by Section |
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419.021, Government Code, of the department and is acting in the |
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scope of the person's employment; or |
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(ii) a volunteer firefighter acting in the |
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scope of the firefighter's volunteer duties; and |
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(2) the waste was generated from a property for which |
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the site is designated. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2386 was passed by the House on April |
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20, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2386 was passed by the Senate on May |
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24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |