{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-401.266","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 401.266","heading":"TRANSFER OF LAND REQUIRED.","body":"(a) The commission by rule or order may require that before a license covering land used for the disposal of by-product material is terminated, the land, including any affected interests in the land, must be transferred to the federal government or to the state unless:\n(1) the federal commission determines before the license terminates that the transfer of title to the land and the by-product material is unnecessary to protect the public health, safety, or welfare or to minimize danger to life or property; or\n(2) the land is held in trust by the federal government for an Indian tribe, is owned by an Indian tribe subject to a restriction against alienation imposed by the federal government, is owned by the federal government, or is owned by the state.\n(b) By-product material transferred to the state under this section shall be transferred without cost to the state.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 992, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1338, Sec. 9, eff. June 20, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1332 (S.B. 1604), Sec. 18, eff. June 15, 2007.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 5. SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY","SUBTITLE D. NUCLEAR AND RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS","CHAPTER 401. RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS AND OTHER SOURCES OF RADIATION","SUBCHAPTER G. SPECIAL PROVISIONS CONCERNING BY-PRODUCT MATERIAL"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.401.htm#401.266","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"16665ff5fdb0254d7a59daf183056dc0cc4d8c8e2880254818a01c7958792ccf","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-401.265","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-401.267"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}