Tex. Health & Safety Code § 505.017 · Chapter 505. MANUFACTURING FACILITY COMMUNITY RIGHT-TO-KNOW ACT
NOTICE ISSUED UNDER EMERGENCIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) When immediate notification of a release by a facility to the state emergency response commission is required in accordance with EPCRA, the state agency responsible for the information submitted to the state emergency response commission, on receipt of the required notification, shall make a determination as to whether the release reported will substantially endanger human health or the environment.
(b) If the responsible state agency determines that a release will substantially endanger human health or the environment, the agency shall, on request, notify the state senator or representative who represents the area in which the facility is located of the release within four hours of receipt of the original notification.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 780 (H.B. 1981), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2011.
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.505.htm
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