Bill Text: TX HB1174 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the expiration of a county burn ban.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective immediately [HB1174 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB1174-Comm_Sub.html

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By: Workman (Senate Sponsor - Wentworth) H.B. No. 1174
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 2011;
April 27, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
Administration; May 4, 2011, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 4, 2011, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the expiration of a county burn ban.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 352.081(e), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(e) An order adopted under this section expires, as
applicable, on the date:
(1) a determination is made under Subsection (b) that
drought conditions no longer exist; or
(2) a determination is made by the commissioners
court, or the county judge or fire marshal if designated for that
purpose by the commissioners court, that the circumstances
identified under Subsection (c)(2) no longer exist.
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, 2011.
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