Texas Health and Safety Code 361.132 – Hazardous and Solid Waste Fees; Waste Management Account
(a) The waste management account is an account in the general revenue fund.
(b) The account consists of money:
(1) collected by the commission under this subchapter as:
(A) fees imposed on generators of industrial solid waste or hazardous waste under § 361.134;
(B) fees imposed on owners or operators of permitted industrial solid waste or hazardous waste facilities, or owners or operators of industrial solid waste or hazardous waste facilities subject to the requirement of permit authorization, under § 361.135;
(C) fees imposed on the owner or operator of an industrial solid waste or hazardous waste facility for noncommercial and commercial management or disposal of hazardous waste or commercial disposal of industrial solid waste under § 361.136;
(D) fees imposed on applicants for industrial solid waste and hazardous waste permits under § 361.137; and
(E) interest and penalties imposed under § 361.140 for late payment of industrial solid waste and hazardous waste fees authorized under this subchapter; or
(2) deposited to the account as otherwise provided by law.
Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 361.132
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
(c) Except as provided by § 361.136(l)(1), the commission may use the money collected under this subchapter only for regulation of industrial solid and hazardous waste under this chapter, including payment to other state agencies for services provided under contract concerning enforcement of this chapter.
(d) Any unobligated balance in the account at the end of the state fiscal year may, at the discretion of the commission, be transferred to the hazardous and solid waste remediation fee account.