HBA-EDN H.B. 2461 77(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2461
By: Ellis, Dan
Environmental Regulation
3/26/2001
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Under current law, residents of a residential subdivision may only burn
greenwaste from their own land and are unable to consolidate greenwaste for
on-site burning at one location within the subdivision. Consolidating
greenwaste and disposing of it in one fire, rather than in several
individual fires throughout the subdivision, may be a safer practice.
House Bill 2461 authorizes residents of a subdivision to consolidate their
greenwaste to be burned at one location within the subdivision.  

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that rulemaking
authority is expressly delegated to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation
Commission in SECTION 1 (Sec. 382.018) of this bill. 

ANALYSIS

House Bill 2461 amends the Health and Safety Code to require the Texas
Natural Resource Conservation Commission, by rule, to authorize residents
of a residential subdivision to consolidate for on-site burning at one
location within the subdivision and to burn at that location waste from
individual residents' properties that consists of trees, brush, and other
plant growth. 

EFFECTIVE DATE

September 1, 2001.