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

Tex. Health and Safety Code § 382.063: ISSUANCE OF EMERGENCY ORDER BECAUSE OF CATASTROPHE.

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  1. HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE
  2. TITLE 5. SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
  3. SUBTITLE C. AIR QUALITY
  4. CHAPTER 382. CLEAN AIR ACT
  5. SUBCHAPTER C. PERMITS

(a) The commission may issue an emergency order because of catastrophe under Section 5.515, Water Code.

(b) In this section, "catastrophe" means an unforeseen event, including an act of God, an act of war, severe weather, explosions, fire, or similar occurrences beyond the reasonable control of the operator that makes a facility or its functionally related appurtenances inoperable.

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(49), 11.175, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 44, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

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