Bill Text: TX HB222 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to liability of burn bosses in connection with certain prescribed burns.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/21 [HB222 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB222-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 222 | ||
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| relating to liability of burn bosses in connection with certain | ||
| prescribed burns. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 153, Natural Resources | ||
| Code, is amended by adding Section 153.084 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 153.084. LIMITATION OF BURN BOSS LIABILITY. (a) In | ||
| this section, "burn boss" has the meaning assigned by Section | ||
| 153.083. | ||
| (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a burn boss is not | ||
| liable for property damage, personal injury, or death caused by or | ||
| resulting from the burn in excess of the insurance requirements | ||
| established by the board for certified and insured prescribed burn | ||
| managers under Section 153.046 if the burn boss: | ||
| (1) has completed an accredited prescribed burning | ||
| training course approved by the board; | ||
| (2) has satisfied the minimum experience requirements | ||
| prescribed by the board; and | ||
| (3) has liability insurance coverage equal to or in | ||
| excess of the amounts provided by Section 153.082(1). | ||
| (c) This section does not apply to a burn boss who commits | ||
| gross negligence or intentionally causes property damage, personal | ||
| injury, or death. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 153.084, Natural Resources Code, as | ||
| added by this Act, applies only to a cause of action that accrues on | ||
| or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 222 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 16, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 1, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 222 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 27, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
