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Relating to local approval for burn ban requests
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 9, 2024
- Done: SubcommitteeJanuary 11, 2024
- Stopped: Senate committeeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary Local fire chiefs would no longer be able to ask the state fire marshal to ban open burning on their own. Instead, they must first get a majority of votes from their city council or board of supervisors to move forward with the request. Currently, fire chiefs can make these requests directly without needing local government approval.1
Read the official explanation
This bill requires the chief of a local fire department to obtain majority approval from the city council or board of supervisors, whichever is applicable, in order to submit a request to the state fire marshal to prohibit open burning. Current law provides that the chief of a local fire department may submit a request directly to the state fire marshal to prohibit open burning in an area of the state. The city council and board of supervisors may also submit direct requests to the state fire marshal.
Senate subcommittee
Named January 11, 2024. On January 22, 2024 it recommended indefinite postponement. [].
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