Tex. Health & Safety Code § 361.539 · Subchapter R. USE OF LAND OVER MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS
NOTICE TO BUYERS, LESSEES, AND OCCUPANTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An owner of land that overlies a closed municipal solid waste landfill facility shall prepare a written notice stating the former use of the facility, the legal description of the pertinent part of the land, notice of the restrictions on the development or lease of the land imposed by this subchapter, and the name of the owner. The owner shall file for record the notice in the real property records in the county where the land is located.
(b) An owner of land that overlies a closed municipal solid waste landfill facility shall notify each lessee and each occupant of a structure that overlies the site of:
(1) the land's former use as a landfill; and
(2) the structural controls in place to minimize potential future danger posed by the landfill.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 770, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Source of truth
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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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