Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 123.003 · Chapter 123. TREATMENT AND RECYCLING FOR BENEFICIAL USE OF DRILL CUTTINGS
RESPONSIBILITY IN TORT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Unless otherwise provided by a contract or other written agreement, a person who generates drill cuttings and transfers the drill cuttings in an arm's length transaction to an unaffiliated third-party permit holder under a contract that requires that the drill cuttings be used in connection with road building or another beneficial use or disposed of is not liable in tort for a consequence of the subsequent use or disposal of the drill cuttings by the permit holder or by another person if:
(1) the person who generates the drill cuttings has the legal and contractual right to transfer the drill cuttings to the permit holder;
(2) the method and location of the use or disposal are not prohibited by law, contract, or other written agreement; and
(3) the consequence was caused solely by the permit holder.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 351 (H.B. 1331), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2015.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 145 (S.B. 502), Sec. 2, eff. May 23, 2023.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.123.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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