Tex. Health & Safety Code § 368.013 · Subchapter B. REGULATION AND LICENSING OF WASTE HAULERS
EXEMPTIONS FOR CERTAIN WASTE HAULERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This subchapter does not apply to an entity that transports:
(1) material as part of a recycling program; or
(2) salt water, drilling fluids, or other waste associated with the exploration, development, and production of oil, gas, or geothermal resources.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a county may not require a waste hauler license to be held by a waste hauler:
(1) while transporting waste on behalf of a municipality or other governmental entity; or
(2) operating regularly in more than three counties.
(c) A county may require a waste hauler who transports waste on behalf of a municipality or other governmental entity to have a waste hauler license if the hauler deposits any part of that waste in a county other than the county in which all or part of the municipality or other governmental entity is located.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.368.htm
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