Tex. Water Code § 26.345 · Subchapter I. UNDERGROUND AND ABOVEGROUND STORAGE
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commission shall administer this subchapter and may develop a regulatory program regarding underground and aboveground storage tanks in accordance with this subchapter.
(b) In implementing this subchapter, the commission shall cooperate with:
(1) cities and towns;
(2) agencies, departments, and other political subdivisions of the state; and
(3) the United States and its agencies.
(c) The commission may adopt rules necessary to carry out the purposes of this subchapter.
(d) The commission may authorize the executive director to enter into contracts with a public agency, private person, or other entity for the purpose of implementing this subchapter.
(e) The commission may enter into contracts and cooperative agreements with the federal government to carry out remedial action for releases from underground and aboveground storage tanks as authorized by the federal Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. Section 6901 et seq.).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 277, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 228, Sec. 3, eff. May 31, 1989.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.26.htm
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