{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-40.256","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Natural Resources Code § 40.256","heading":"INDIVIDUAL CAUSE OF ACTION.","body":"The remedies in this chapter are cumulative and not exclusive. This chapter does not require pursuit of any claim against the fund as a condition precedent to any other remedy, nor does this chapter prohibit any person from bringing an action at common law or under any other law not inconsistent with this chapter for response costs or damages resulting from a discharge or other condition of pollution covered by this chapter. No such action shall collaterally estop or bar the commissioner in any action brought by the commissioner under this chapter.\nAdded by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 10, Sec. 1, eff. March 28, 1991.","path":["NATURAL RESOURCES CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC DOMAIN","SUBTITLE C. ADMINISTRATION","CHAPTER 40. OIL SPILL PREVENTION AND RESPONSE ACT OF 1991","SUBCHAPTER F. ENFORCEMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/NR/htm/NR.40.htm#40.256","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:28Z","sha256":"5fbc09a15d6d18aba7649784491f0ec7bbe1175269454e33ac571b70651dcf98","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-40.255","next":"us-tx/tex.-natural-resources-code-40.257"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}