Tex. Health & Safety Code § 361.751 · Subchapter V. IMMUNITY FROM LIABILITY OF INNOCENT OWNER OR OPERATOR
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this subchapter:
(1) "Contaminant" has the meaning assigned by Section 361.601.
(2) "Innocent owner or operator" means a person that:
(A) is an owner or operator of property that has become contaminated as a result of a release or migration of contaminants from a source or sources not located on or at the property; and
(B) did not cause or contribute to the source or sources of the contamination referred to in Paragraph (A).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 793, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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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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