Tex. Health & Safety Code § 382.063 · Subchapter C. PERMITS
ISSUANCE OF EMERGENCY ORDER BECAUSE OF CATASTROPHE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission may issue an emergency order because of catastrophe under Section 5.515, Water Code.
(b) In this section, "catastrophe" means an unforeseen event, including an act of God, an act of war, severe weather, explosions, fire, or similar occurrences beyond the reasonable control of the operator that makes a facility or its functionally related appurtenances inoperable.
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History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(49), 11.175, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 44, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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