Texas § 153.081 LIMITATION OF OWNER LIABILITY.

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§ 153.081 — LIMITATION OF OWNER LIABILITY.

Texas § 153.081

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Tex. Natural Resources Code Code Ann. § 153.081 (2026).

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Sec. 153.081. LIMITATION OF OWNER LIABILITY.

(a)Subject to Section 153.082 , an owner, lessee, or occupant of agricultural or conservation land is not liable for property damage or for injury or death to persons caused by or resulting from prescribed burning conducted on the land owned by, leased by, or occupied by the person if the prescribed burning is conducted under the supervision of a certified and insured prescribed burn manager.

(b)This section does not apply to an owner, lessee, or occupant of agricultural or conservation land who is a certified and insured prescribed burn manager and conducts a burn on that land.

(c)In this section, "agricultural or conservation land" means land that is located in this state and that is suitable for:

(1)use and production of plants and fruits

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Sec. 153.081. LIMITATION OF OWNER LIABILITY.
(a) Subject to Section 153.082 , an owner, lessee, or occupant of agricultural or conservation land is not liable for property damage or for injury or death to persons caused by or resulting from prescribed burning conducted on the land owned by, leased by, or occupied by the person if the prescribed burning is conducted under the supervision of a certified and insured prescribed burn manager.
(b) This section does not apply to an owner, lessee, or occupant of agricultural or conservation land who is a certified and insured prescribed burn manager and conducts a burn on that land.
(c) In this section, "agricultural or conservation land" means land that is located in this state and that is suitable for:
(1) use and production of plants and fruits for human or animal consumption or plants grown for the production of fibers, floriculture, viticulture, horticulture, or planting seed;
(2) forestry and the growing of trees for the purpose of rendering those trees into lumber, fiber, or other items used for industrial, commercial, or personal consumption;
(3) domestic or native farm or ranch animals kept for use or profit;
(4) management of native or exotic wildlife; or
(5) conservation or management of an ecosystem, a forest, a habitat, a species, water, or wildlife.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1432, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 506 (S.B. 1016 ), Sec. 2.08, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 196 (S.B. 764 ), Sec. 1, eff. May 25, 2013. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 169 (H.B. 2119 ), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1096 (H.B. 2053 ), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2019.