Bill Text: TX SB1640 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to prohibiting camping and building fires in certain areas; creating a criminal offense.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-23 - Referred to Agriculture, Water, & Rural Affairs [SB1640 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-SB1640-Introduced.html

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84R13327 SLB-D
By: Campbell S.B. No. 1640

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) Section 90.008(a) does not apply to the area described
by this section.
(c) 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.