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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
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Title 5. SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY |
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Subtitle B. SOLID WASTE, TOXIC CHEMICALS, SEWAGE, LITTER, AND WATER |
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Chapter 361. SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL ACT |
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Subchapter C. PERMITS |
Sec. 361.126. DISPOSAL OF DEMOLITION WASTE FROM ABANDONED OR NUISANCE BUILDING
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(a) This section applies only to a building that has been:
(1) abandoned or found to be a nuisance;
(2) acquired by the county or municipality by means of:
(A) bankruptcy;
(B) tax delinquency; or
(C) condemnation; and
(3) previously owned by a person not financially capable of paying the costs of the disposal of demolition waste at a permitted solid waste disposal facility, including transportation of the waste to the facility.
(b) The commission may issue a permit by rule to authorize the governing body of a county or municipality with a population of 10,000 or less to dispose of demolition waste from a building if the disposal occurs on land that:
(1) the county or municipality owns or controls; and
(2) would qualify for an arid exemption under commission rules.
(c) The commission shall adopt rules under Section 361.024 to control the collection, handling, storage, processing, and disposal of demolition waste under this section to protect public and private property, rights-of-way, groundwater, and any other right that requires protection.