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

Tex. Water Code § 5.513: EMERGENCY ORDER CONCERNING ON-SITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEM.

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  1. WATER CODE
  2. TITLE 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION
  3. SUBTITLE A. EXECUTIVE AGENCIES
  4. CHAPTER 5. TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
  5. SUBCHAPTER L. EMERGENCY AND TEMPORARY ORDERS

(a) The commission may issue an emergency order suspending the registration of the installer of an on-site sewage disposal system, regulating an on-site sewage disposal system, or both, if the commission finds that an emergency exists and that the public health and safety is endangered because of the operation of an on-site sewage disposal system that does not comply with Chapter 366, Health and Safety Code, or a rule adopted under that chapter.

(b) If an order issued under this section is adopted without notice or hearing, the order must set a time, not more than 30 days after the order is issued, for a hearing to affirm, modify, or set aside the order.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:48Z. Source file · JSON

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