Bill Text: TX HB2517 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of counties to require a person to notify a local fire department before starting an outdoor fire; creating a criminal penalty.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-11 - Left pending in committee [HB2517 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2517-Introduced.html
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| By: Springer | H.B. No. 2517 | |
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| relating to the authority of counties to require a person to notify | ||
| a local fire department before starting an outdoor fire; creating a | ||
| criminal penalty. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 352, Local Government | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 352.083 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 352.083. NOTIFICATION OF OUTDOOR BURNING. (a) In this | ||
| section, "fire department" means a volunteer fire department or a | ||
| department of a municipality or county that provides firefighting | ||
| services. | ||
| (b) The commissioners court of a county by order may require | ||
| a person to notify the fire department that provides firefighting | ||
| services in an area of the county before starting an outdoor fire in | ||
| the area. | ||
| (c) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly or | ||
| intentionally violates an order adopted under Subsection (b). An | ||
| offense under this subsection is a Class C misdemeanor. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
