{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-374.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 374.003","heading":"APPLICABILITY TO GOVERNMENTAL BODIES.","body":"This chapter does not apply to:\n(1) a governmental entity, including a governmental agency or prison; or\n(2) a political subdivision of this state, including a municipality or a conservation and reclamation district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, that owns or operates a wholesale or retail water supply system, public solid waste system, public storm water and drainage system, or public solid waste disposal system.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 540, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 5. SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY","SUBTITLE B. SOLID WASTE, TOXIC CHEMICALS, SEWAGE, LITTER, AND WATER For expiration of this chapter, see Section 374.253.","CHAPTER 374. DRY CLEANER ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSE","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.374.htm#374.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"ec0757309054152423e2c4f2b7b1bf1aa0547af34598d5e5189fa0dc2758d899","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-374.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-374.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}