TITLE: 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.

SUMMARY: 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.

FULL TEXT:
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.