Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.1201: CANCELLATION OF CERTAIN LANDFILL PERMITS.

Where this section sits in the code

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
TITLE 5. SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
SUBTITLE B. SOLID WASTE, TOXIC CHEMICALS, SEWAGE, LITTER, AND WATER
CHAPTER 361. SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL ACT
SUBCHAPTER C. PERMITS

(a) This section applies only to a facility that is located in:

(1) a county with a population of more than 2.1 million; and

(2) the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the county's principal municipality with a population of more than 900,000.

(b) The commission shall cancel a permit issued for a municipal solid waste landfill facility if the facility has not accepted waste for a period of 25 consecutive years.

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1042 (H.B. 3071), Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2025.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:17Z. Source file · JSON

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