Tex. Health & Safety Code § 361.126 · Subchapter C. PERMITS
DISPOSAL OF DEMOLITION WASTE FROM ABANDONED OR NUISANCE BUILDING.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This section applies only to a building that has been:
(1) abandoned or found to be a nuisance;
(2) acquired by the county or municipality by means of:
(A) bankruptcy;
(B) tax delinquency; or
(C) condemnation; and
(3) previously owned by a person not financially capable of paying the costs of the disposal of demolition waste at a permitted solid waste disposal facility, including transportation of the waste to the facility.
(b) The commission may issue a permit by rule to authorize the governing body of a county or municipality with a population of 12,000 or less to dispose of demolition waste from a building if the disposal occurs on land that:
(1) the county or municipality owns or controls; and
(2) would qualify for an arid exemption under commission rules.
(c) The commission shall adopt rules under Section 361.024 to control the collection, handling, storage, processing, and disposal of demolition waste under this section to protect public and private property, rights-of-way, groundwater, and any other right that requires protection.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 71 (S.B. 1258), Sec. 1, eff. May 17, 2011.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 449 (S.B. 819), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.361.htm
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