Bill Text: TX SB702 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to certified and insured prescribed burn managers.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [SB702 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB702-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 702 |
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relating to certified and insured prescribed burn managers. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 153.046, Natural Resources Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 153.046. DUTIES. The board shall: | ||
(1) establish standards for prescribed burning; | ||
(2) develop a comprehensive training curriculum for | ||
certified and insured prescribed burn managers; | ||
(3) establish standards for certification, | ||
recertification, and training for certified and insured prescribed | ||
burn managers; | ||
(4) establish minimum education and professional | ||
requirements for instructors for the approved curriculum; and | ||
(5) establish [ |
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certified and insured prescribed burn managers in amounts not less | ||
than those required by Section 153.082. | ||
SECTION 2. The heading to Section 153.048, Natural | ||
Resources Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 153.048. CERTIFIED AND INSURED [ |
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PRESCRIBED BURN MANAGERS. | ||
SECTION 3. Subsections (a) and (b), Section 153.048, | ||
Natural Resources Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) Minimum standards established by the board for | ||
certification as a certified and insured prescribed burn manager | ||
must require the completion of the approved training curriculum to | ||
be developed and promulgated by the board and taught by an approved | ||
instructor. | ||
(b) The board shall certify a person as a certified and | ||
insured prescribed burn manager if the person: | ||
(1) applies to the board for certification; | ||
(2) demonstrates completion of an approved training | ||
program by an approved instructor; [ |
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(3) pays a fee to the board in an amount determined by | ||
the board; and | ||
(4) meets the insurance requirements established by | ||
the board under Section 153.046. | ||
SECTION 4. Subsection (f), Section 352.081, Local | ||
Government Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(f) This section does not apply to outdoor burning | ||
activities: | ||
(1) related to public health and safety that are | ||
authorized by the Texas [ |
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on Environmental Quality for: | ||
(A) firefighter training; | ||
(B) public utility, natural gas pipeline, or | ||
mining operations; or | ||
(C) planting or harvesting of agriculture crops; | ||
or | ||
(2) that are conducted by a certified and insured | ||
prescribed burn manager certified under Section 153.048, Natural | ||
Resources Code, and meet the standards of Section 153.047, Natural | ||
Resources Code. | ||
SECTION 5. Not later than November 1, 2013, the Prescribed | ||
Burning Board shall establish insurance requirements under Section | ||
153.046, Natural Resources Code, as amended by this Act. | ||
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
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President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 702 passed the Senate on | ||
March 13, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 702 passed the House on | ||
May 17, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 3, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |