89R2540 JDK-D
By: Lozano H.B. No. 1293
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the regulation by the Texas Commission on Environmental
Quality of certain outdoor burns conducted during a state of
disaster or state of emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 382.018, Health and Safety Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:
(h) The commission may not require notification to or
authorization from a commission regional office as a prerequisite
for conducting a controlled outdoor burn of combustible plant
growth in a county in which a state of disaster or state of
emergency has been declared by the governor or the president of the
United States, unless the declaration expressly prohibits all
outdoor burning.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.