H.B. No. 2386
AN ACT
relating to volunteer firefighter supervision of outdoor burning of
waste consisting of plant growth.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 382.018(d), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(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:
(i) 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; or
(ii) a volunteer firefighter acting in the
scope of the firefighter's volunteer duties; and
(2) the waste was generated from a property for which
the site is designated.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2386 was passed by the House on April
20, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2386 was passed by the Senate on May
24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor