Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 153.004 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
PRESCRIBED BURNING IN STATE OF EMERGENCY OR DISASTER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A certified and insured prescribed burn manager may conduct a burn in a county in which a state of emergency or state of disaster has been declared by the governor or the president of the United States, unless the declaration expressly prohibits all outdoor burning.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506 (S.B. 1016), Sec. 2.02, eff. September 1, 2009.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 169 (H.B. 2119), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2015.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1096 (H.B. 2053), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.153.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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