{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-1101.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 1101.002","heading":"PURPOSE; CIRCUMVENTION BY RULE PROHIBITED.","body":"(a) The purpose of this chapter is to encourage voluntary compliance with environmental and occupational health and safety laws.\n(b) A regulatory agency may not adopt a rule or impose a condition that circumvents the purpose of this chapter.\nAdded by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 324 (S.B. 1488), Sec. 20.002(a), eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 13. ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH, AND SAFETY AUDIT PRIVILEGE ACT","CHAPTER 1101. ENVIRONMENTAL, HEALTH, AND SAFETY AUDIT PRIVILEGE ACT","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.1101.htm#1101.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"9b15c33af3c6f89a914ff230d484196f2e0fda0279822a320bfd9cbd633188dc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-1101.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-1101.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}