Tex. Health & Safety Code § 775.153 · Subchapter G. HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
FEE FOR PROVIDING HAZARDOUS MATERIALS SERVICE; EXCEPTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A district, or a person authorized by contract on the district's behalf, may charge a reasonable fee to a responsible party for responding to a hazardous materials service call.
(b) An individual who is a responsible party does not have to pay the fee if:
(1) the individual is not involved in the possession, ownership, or transportation of the hazardous material as the employee, agent, or servant of another person;
(2) the individual is involved solely for private, noncommercial purposes related to the individual's own property and the individual receives no compensation for any services involving the hazardous materials; and
(3) the hazardous materials possessed, owned, or being transported by the individual are in forms, quantities, and containers ordinarily available for sale as consumer products to members of the general public.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 272, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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.775.htm
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