Tex. Health & Safety Code § 368.012 · Subchapter B. REGULATION AND LICENSING OF WASTE HAULERS
COUNTY LICENSING AND REGULATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
To protect the public health, safety, or welfare, the commissioners court of a county with a population of less than 375,000 may by ordinance:
(1) require a waste hauler who transports waste in unincorporated areas of the county to be licensed by the county;
(2) establish requirements for obtaining and renewing a waste hauler license;
(3) impose a license issuance or renewal fee in an amount that generates annually the approximate amount of revenue needed to fund the licensing program for a year;
(4) establish standards governing the transportation of waste in unincorporated areas of the county;
(5) establish grounds for suspending or revoking a waste hauler license; and
(6) prescribe any other provisions necessary to administer the licensing program.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 426, Sec. 1, eff. May 29, 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.368.htm
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