Bill Text: TX HB222 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
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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-Introduced.html
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-Introduced.html
87R10 SCL-D | ||
By: Murr | 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 under Section 153.046 if the burn boss has: | ||
(1) completed an accredited prescribed burning | ||
training course approved by the board; and | ||
(2) satisfied the experience requirements prescribed | ||
by the board. | ||
(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. |