Tex. Health & Safety Code § 361.452 · Subchapter O. LEAD-ACID BATTERIES
COLLECTION FOR RECYCLING.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A person selling lead-acid batteries at retail or offering lead-acid batteries for retail sale in this state shall:
(1) accept from each customer, if offered, at least one but not more than three lead-acid batteries for recycling; and
(2) post written notice, which must be at least 8-1/2 inches by 11 inches in size, containing the universal recycling symbol and the following language:
(A) "It is illegal to discard or improperly dispose of a motor-vehicle battery or other lead-acid battery.";
(B) "Recycle your used batteries."; and
(C) "State law requires us to accept used motor-vehicle batteries or other lead-acid batteries for recycling."
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 303, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 899, Sec. 1.14, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.
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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- 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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