{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1954.252","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 1954.252","heading":"NOTICE OF ASBESTOS REMOVAL, ENCAPSULATION, OR ENCLOSURE.","body":"(a) A person engaged in removing asbestos from or encapsulating or enclosing asbestos in a public building shall notify the department in writing at least 10 days before the date the person begins the removal, encapsulation, or enclosure project according to applicable laws.\n(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), a person may give the required notice orally if the removal, encapsulation, or enclosure project is of an emergency nature.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 4, eff. June 1, 2003.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 12. PRACTICES AND TRADES RELATED TO WATER, HEALTH, AND SAFETY","SUBTITLE B. PRACTICES RELATED TO HEALTH AND SAFETY","CHAPTER 1954. ASBESTOS HEALTH PROTECTION","SUBCHAPTER F. PRACTICE BY HOLDER OF LICENSE OR REGISTRATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1954.htm#1954.252","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"1de4fbc7b200c98eb0d7ad9e9db220842372b1847ea772016e9cd27ac7422ffd","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1954.251","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1954.253"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}