{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-401.269","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 401.269","heading":"MONITORING, MAINTENANCE, AND EMERGENCY MEASURES.","body":"(a) The commission may undertake monitoring, maintenance, and emergency measures in connection with by-product material and property for which it has assumed custody under Section 401.267 that are necessary to protect the public health and safety and the environment.\n(b) The commission shall maintain the by-product material and property transferred to it in a manner that will protect the public health and safety and the environment.\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. 11, eff. June 20, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1332 (S.B. 1604), Sec. 20, 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#401.269","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"c4bd41c826f989d4ccc8e8f64721758608bda96bfd8c325354a22f52a32b78dc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-401.268","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-401.270"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}