By: Isaac (Senate Sponsor - Campbell) H.B. No. 3618
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2015;
May 6, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
Agriculture, Water, and Rural Affairs; May 24, 2015, reported
favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 1; May 24, 2015,
sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to prohibiting camping and building fires in certain
areas; creating a criminal offense.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 90, Parks and Wildlife Code, is amended
by adding Section 90.0085 to read as follows:
Sec. 90.0085. CAMPING AND BUILDING FIRES PROHIBITED IN
CERTAIN AREAS. (a) This section applies to a section of the Blanco
River that is not located in a county adjacent to a county with a
municipality with a population greater than 1.5 million.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 90.008(a), a person may not
camp or build a fire in a dry riverbed.
SECTION 2. Section 90.011(a), Parks and Wildlife Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) A person commits an offense if the person violates
Section 90.002, [or] 90.008, or 90.0085.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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