Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
Title 5. SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY |
Subtitle B. SOLID WASTE, TOXIC CHEMICALS, SEWAGE, LITTER, AND WATER |
Chapter 368. COUNTY REGULATION OF TRANSPORTATION OF WASTE |
Subchapter B. REGULATION AND LICENSING OF WASTE HAULERS |
Sec. 368.011. DEFINITIONS
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In this subchapter:
(1) "Waste" means:
(A) animal and vegetable waste materials resulting from the handling, preparation, cooking, or consumption of food;
(B) discarded paper, rags, cardboard, wood, rubber, plastics, yard trimmings, fallen leaves, brush materials, and similar combustible items; and
(C) discarded glass, crockery, tin or aluminum cans, metal items, and similar items that are noncombustible at ordinary incinerator temperatures.
(2) "Waste hauler" means a person who, for compensation, transports waste by the use of a motor vehicle.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.