{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-374.152","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 374.152","heading":"INVESTIGATION AND ASSESSMENT OF RELEASE; EMERGENCY ACTION.","body":"(a) If a release or a potential release poses a threat to human health or to the environment, the commission shall:\n(1) investigate and assess the extent of the resulting contamination; and\n(2) take necessary or appropriate emergency action to ensure that human health or safety is not threatened by the release or the potential release.\n(b) Emergency action under Subsection (a)(2) may include the treatment, restoration, or replacement of drinking water supplies.\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 D. RESPONSE TO RELEASE; CORRECTIVE ACTION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.374.htm#374.152","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"59aaeba3e80e6e705bce40cc081e60b543bcd715bf82d5b4a8b881997adcd019","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-374.151","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-374.153"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}