Bill Text: TX HB2516 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to fines paid for the violation of a county regulation prohibiting or restricting outdoor burning.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-05-07 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB2516 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB2516-Comm_Sub.html

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83R24905 NC-F
By: Springer H.B. No. 2516
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2516:
By: Farias C.S.H.B. No. 2516

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to fines paid for the violation of a county regulation
prohibiting or restricting outdoor burning.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 352.081, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows:
(i) Notwithstanding any other law, if a county has one or
more volunteer fire departments located within the county, the
commissioners court by order may authorize a fine collected under
this section by the county to be deposited to the credit of an
account in the general fund of the county and to be distributed only
to the volunteer fire departments. The commissioners court's order
must regulate the distribution to and use of the funds by a
volunteer fire department. Funds distributed under this subsection
must be used for a public purpose. In this subsection, "volunteer
fire department" has the meaning assigned by Section 352.006.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.