Tex. Health & Safety Code § 161.402 · Subchapter Q. INSTALLATION OF ASBESTOS
MATERIAL SAFETY DATA SHEET REQUIRED; ASBESTOS INSTALLATION OR REINSTALLATION PROHIBITED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The executive commissioner shall adopt rules designating the materials or replacement parts for which a person must obtain a material safety data sheet before installing the materials or parts in a public building. A person may not install materials or replacement parts in a public building if:
(1) the person does not obtain a required material safety data sheet; or
(2) the materials or parts, according to the material safety data sheet, contain more than one percent asbestos and there is an alternative material or part.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 416, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0481, eff. April 2, 2015.
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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- Composed by
- 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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