H.B. No. 2386 AN ACT relating to volunteer firefighter supervision of outdoor burning of waste consisting of plant growth. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 382.018(d), Health and Safety Code, is amended to read as follows: (d) The commission may not control or prohibit outdoor burning of waste consisting of trees, brush, grass, leaves, branch trimmings, or other plant growth if: (1) the person burning the waste is doing so at a site: (A) designated for consolidated burning of waste generated from specific residential properties; (B) located in a county with a population of less than 50,000; (C) located outside of a municipality; and (D) supervised at the time of the burning by: (i) an employee of a fire department who is part of the fire protection personnel, as defined by Section 419.021, Government Code, of the department and is acting in the scope of the person's employment; or (ii) a volunteer firefighter acting in the scope of the firefighter's volunteer duties; and (2) the waste was generated from a property for which the site is designated. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 2386 was passed by the House on April 20, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 2 present, not voting. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 2386 was passed by the Senate on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor