Tex. Health & Safety Code § 365.013 · Subchapter B. CERTAIN ACTIONS PROHIBITED
RULES AND STANDARDS; CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall adopt rules and standards regarding processing and treating litter disposed in violation of this subchapter.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person violates a rule adopted under this section.
(c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
(d) On conviction of an offense under this section, the court shall require the defendant, in addition to any fine or other penalty, to perform community service as provided by Article 42A.304(e), Code of Criminal Procedure.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 8.161, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.112, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 829 (H.B. 1884), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2017.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 986 (S.B. 766), Sec. 18, eff. September 1, 2025.
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