{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-7.254","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Water Code § 7.254","heading":"DEFENSE TO USED OIL OFFENSES.","body":"It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under Section 7.176 that the person unknowingly disposed of used oil into the environment because the used oil had not been properly segregated or separated by the generator from other solid wastes.\nAdded by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["WATER CODE","TITLE 2. WATER ADMINISTRATION","SUBTITLE A. EXECUTIVE AGENCIES","CHAPTER 7. ENFORCEMENT","SUBCHAPTER F. DEFENSES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/WA/htm/WA.7.htm#7.254","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:48Z","sha256":"f88a8cc2a39af604115bca8d0363015e713d28ee8b55b0f88bda3a4368af4850","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-7.253","next":"us-tx/tex.-water-code-7.255"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}