Tex. Health & Safety Code § 361.431 · Subchapter N. WASTE REDUCTION PROGRAMS; DISPOSAL FEES
PRIORITIZATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A political subdivision or solid waste producer shall give preference in contracting for the disposal of solid waste to license or permit holders who use processes and technologies that reduce the volume of sludge and hazardous waste that is being disposed of through beneficial use land application, landfill disposal, and other methods.
(b) Technology that reduces the volume of solid waste, destroys the solid waste, or renders the solid waste inert is preferred to methods referred to under Subsection (a), to minimize the possibility of hazardous materials entering the state's air, waterways, and water sources.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 965, Sec. 9.06, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Source of truth
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- 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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