{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-365.013","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 365.013","heading":"RULES AND STANDARDS; CRIMINAL PENALTY.","body":"(a) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality shall adopt rules and standards regarding processing and treating litter disposed in violation of this subchapter.\n(b) A person commits an offense if the person violates a rule adopted under this section.\n(c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.\n(d) On conviction of an offense under this section, the court shall require the defendant, in addition to any fine or other penalty, to perform community service as provided by Article 42A.304(e), Code of Criminal Procedure.\nAmended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 8.161, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.112, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 829 (H.B. 1884), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2017.\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 986 (S.B. 766), Sec. 18, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 5. SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY","SUBTITLE B. SOLID WASTE, TOXIC CHEMICALS, SEWAGE, LITTER, AND WATER","CHAPTER 365. LITTER","SUBCHAPTER B. CERTAIN ACTIONS PROHIBITED"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.365.htm#365.013","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"89940d7e03e1e147af1b9f60059390ee986a1649875e0d62e871f391d91edc8b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-365.012","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-365.014"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}