Tex. Health & Safety Code § 361.200 · Subchapter F. REGISTRY AND CLEANUP OF CERTAIN HAZARDOUS WASTE FACILITIES
SETTLEMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The commission shall assess and by rule may develop and implement a settlement program. Under the program, the commission shall consider the advantages of developing a final settlement with potentially responsible parties that are responsible for response costs at a facility because of hazardous substances. The settlement program may include:
(1) de minimis settlements;
(2) covenants not to sue;
(3) mixed funding; and
(4) partial settlements.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1990, 71st Leg., 6th C.S., ch. 10, art. 2, Sec. 29, eff. Sept. 6, 1990; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 793, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.361.htm
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- sha256 d3eecf089da4511791cd6d6c25361b6916264e2c0e8bd78ecebbb52cb6bffcc7
- 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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