SCS/SB 661 - This act establishes the Prescribed Burning Act. This act specifies that no landowner or agent of a landowner shall be liable for damages caused by a prescribed burning or the resulting smoke if the prescribed burning was conducted at the direction of a certified prescribed burn manager in accordance with a prescribed burn plan unless the landowner or agent is proven to be negligent. Additionally, unless proven to be negligent, no certified burn manager shall be liable for damages caused by a prescribed burning or the resulting smoke conducted with a certified prescribed burn manager pursuant to a prescribed burn plan. This act is similar to HCS/HB 1547 (2020) and HB 978 (2019).
KATIE O'BRIEN