Tex. Health & Safety Code § 161.401 · Subchapter Q. INSTALLATION OF ASBESTOS
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this subchapter:
(1) "Asbestos" means the asbestiform varieties of chrysotile, amosite, crocidolite, tremolite, anthophyllite, and actinolite.
(2) "Contractor" means a person who constructs, repairs, or maintains a public building as an independent contractor. The term includes a subcontractor.
(3) "Public building" means a building used or to be used for purposes that provide for public access or occupancy. The term does not include:
(A) an industrial facility to which access is limited principally to employees of the facility because of processes or functions that are hazardous to human safety or health;
(B) a federal building or installation;
(C) a private residence;
(D) an apartment building with not more than four dwelling units; or
(E) a manufacturing facility or building that is part of a facility to which access is limited to workers and invited guests under controlled conditions.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 416, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.161.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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