Tex. Nat. Res. Code § 40.110 · Subchapter C. OIL SPILL PREVENTION AND RESPONSE
GENERAL TERMS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Discharge prevention and response certificates are valid for a period of five years. The commissioner by rule shall require each registrant to report annually on the status of its discharge prevention and response plan and response capability.
(b) The commissioner may review a certificate at any time there is a material change affecting the terminal facility's discharge prevention and response plan or response capability.
(c) Certificates shall be issued subject to such terms and conditions as the commissioner may determine are reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(d) Certificates issued to any terminal facility shall take into account the vessels used to transport oil to or from the facility.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 10, Sec. 1, eff. March 28, 1991. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 146, Sec. 16, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1014 (H.B. 1481), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2017.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.40.htm
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