{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-361.427","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.427","heading":"SPECIFICATIONS FOR RECYCLED PRODUCTS.","body":"(a) The commission, in consultation with the comptroller, shall promulgate rules to establish guidelines by which a product is eligible to be considered a recycled product based on:\n(1) the percent of the total content of a product that consists of recycled material; or\n(2) the portion of the total content of a product that is determined to consist of recycled material according to a third-party certification system for mass balance attribution identified by the commission under Section 361.4215.\n(b) The guidelines established under this section shall specify a minimum percent of the recycled material in a product which must be postconsumer waste or post-use polymers.\n(c) The guidelines established under this section shall be classified by types of products.\n(d) The commission's guidelines shall be established taking into consideration the guidelines promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency for federal procurement of recycled products as authorized by the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 3259 et seq.).\nAdded by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 303, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.79, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 937 (H.B. 3560), Sec. 1.93, eff. September 1, 2007.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 237 (H.B. 3060), Sec. 7, eff. May 27, 2023.","path":["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 N. WASTE REDUCTION PROGRAMS; DISPOSAL FEES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.361.htm#361.427","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"230c0c3a658d7a2a6454477af730995b69c5583a8a8c6b1f115ca1077bdc9f8d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-361.426","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-361.428"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}