Tex. Health & Safety Code § 369.001 · Chapter 369. PLASTIC CONTAINERS
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Commission" means the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
(2) "Plastic" means a material made of polymeric organic compounds and additives that can be shaped by flow.
(3) "Plastic bottle" means a plastic container that:
(A) has a neck smaller than the body of the container;
(B) is designed for a screw top, snap cap, or other closure; and
(C) has a capacity of not less than 16 fluid ounces or more than five gallons.
(4) "Rigid plastic container" means a formed or molded container, other than a plastic bottle, that:
(A) is intended for single use;
(B) is composed predominantly of plastic resin;
(C) has a relatively inflexible finite shape or form; and
(D) has a capacity of not less than eight ounces or more than five gallons.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 131, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 1.043, eff. Aug. 12, 1991; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.120, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 986 (S.B. 766), Sec. 20, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.369.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 35e67fae6c370f4c9b0621ee86b6d257b603f1f4c83315fc13dfc64fa84452e6
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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