{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-363.116","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 363.116","heading":"AUTHORITY TO ENTER CONTRACTS CONCERNING SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICES.","body":"(a) A public agency may enter into contracts to enable it to furnish or receive solid waste management services on the terms considered appropriate by the public agency's governing body.\n(b) A home-rule municipality's charter provision restricting the duration of a municipal contract does not apply to a municipal contract that relates to solid waste management services.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 5. SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY","SUBTITLE B. SOLID WASTE, TOXIC CHEMICALS, SEWAGE, LITTER, AND WATER","CHAPTER 363. MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE","SUBCHAPTER F. LOCAL SOLID WASTE SERVICES AND REGULATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.363.htm#363.116","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"41e9bcd80ae8c224153b4f6cbb400e720282f069e290657d0a33f4a103101de1","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-363.115","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-363.117"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}