Tex. Health & Safety Code § 365.035 · Subchapter C. SPECIAL PROVISIONS
PROHIBITION ON POSSESSING GLASS CONTAINERS WITHIN BOUNDARY OF STATE-OWNED RIVERBED; PENALTIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section, "glass container" means a glass container designed to contain a beverage, including a bottle or jar.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly possesses a glass container within the boundaries of a state-owned riverbed in a county:
(1) that is located within 85 miles of an international border; and
(2) in which at least four rivers are located.
(c) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
(d) It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (b) that the person who possessed the glass container:
(1) did not transport the glass container into the boundaries of the riverbed;
(2) possessed the glass container only for the purpose of lawfully disposing of the glass container in a designated waste receptacle; or
(3) is the owner of property adjacent to the section of the riverbed in which the person possessed the glass container.
(e) It is an exception to the application of Subsection (b) that the person possessed the glass container only for the purpose of water sampling or conducting scientific research as authorized by:
(1) a governmental entity;
(2) a utility as defined by Section 11.004, Utilities Code;
(3) a retail public utility as defined by Section 13.002, Water Code;
(4) a power generation company as defined by Section 31.002, Utilities Code;
(5) a surface coal mining and reclamation operation, as defined by Section 134.004, Natural Resources Code; or
(6) a school-sponsored or university-sponsored educational activity.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1124 (H.B. 218), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.
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