Tex. Health & Safety Code § 508.001 · Chapter 508. AREA QUARANTINE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL OR TOXIC AGENT
DEFINITIONS.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Environmental or toxic agent" means any bacterium or other disease-producing organism, toxic substance, radioactive substance, or other hazardous substance capable of causing widespread human illness, death, or substantial negative economic impact.
(2) "Health authority" means a physician appointed as a health authority or a regional director under Chapter 121.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1022, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.508.htm
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- 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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