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

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

FULL TEXT:
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) Notwithstanding Section 90.008(a), 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.