Tex. Health & Safety Code § 361.151 · Subchapter E. POWERS AND DUTIES OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
RELATIONSHIP OF COUNTY AUTHORITY TO STATE AUTHORITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Each county has the solid waste management powers prescribed under this subchapter.
(b) The exercise of the licensing authority and other powers granted to a county by this chapter does not preclude the commission from exercising the powers vested in the commission under other provisions of this chapter, including the provisions authorizing the commission to issue a permit to construct, operate, and maintain a facility to process, store, or dispose of solid waste.
(c) The commission, by specific action or directive, may supersede any authority granted to or exercised by a county under this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.57, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.361.htm
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Cited by 3 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Health & Safety Code § 361.151. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 361.154COUNTY LICENSING AUTHORITY.Printed as Sections 361.151 and 361.152
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 361.162DESIGNATION OF AREAS SUITABLE FOR FACILITIES.Printed as Sections 361.151 and 361.152
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 364.011COUNTY ADOPTION OF SOLID WASTE RULES.Printed as Sections 361.151 and 361.152
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