Tex. Health & Safety Code § 361.154 · Subchapter E. POWERS AND DUTIES OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS
COUNTY LICENSING AUTHORITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Sections 361.151 and 361.152, a county may require and issue licenses authorizing and governing the operation and maintenance of facilities used to process, store, or dispose of solid waste, other than hazardous waste, in an area not in the territorial limits or extraterritorial jurisdiction of a municipality.
(b) If a county exercises licensing authority, it shall adopt and enforce rules for the management of solid waste. The rules must be:
(1) compatible with and not less stringent than those of the commission; and
(2) approved by the commission.
(c) Sections 361.155-361.161 apply if a county exercises licensing authority under this section.
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. 11.59, 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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Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 361.151RELATIONSHIP OF COUNTY AUTHORITY TO STATE AUTHORITY.Printed as Sections 361.151 and 361.152
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 361.152LIMITATION ON COUNTY POWERS CONCERNING INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTE.Printed as Sections 361.151 and 361.152
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 361.155COUNTY NOTIFICATION OF LICENSE APPLICATION TO COMMISSION.Printed as Sections 361.155-361.161
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 361.161PERMIT FROM COMMISSION NOT REQUIRED.Printed as Sections 361.155-361.161
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