{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-368.011","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 368.011","heading":"DEFINITIONS.","body":"In this subchapter:\n(1) \"Waste\" means:\n(A) animal and vegetable waste materials resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, or consumption of food;\n(B) discarded paper, rags, cardboard, wood, rubber, plastics, yard trimmings, fallen leaves, brush materials, and similar combustible items; and\n(C) discarded glass, crockery, tin or aluminum cans, metal items, and similar items that are noncombustible at ordinary incinerator temperatures.\n(2) \"Waste hauler\" means a person who, for compensation, transports waste by the use of a motor vehicle.\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 368. COUNTY REGULATION OF TRANSPORTATION OF WASTE","SUBCHAPTER B. REGULATION AND LICENSING OF WASTE HAULERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.368.htm#368.011","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"093169c60a95a687fa1181452280f6706936ae1b935790ccd876099b3d383d73","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-368.006","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-368.012"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}