Texas Health and Safety Code 361.0145 – Response to or Remediation of Fire or Emergency
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(a) The commission may make an immediate response to or remediation of a fire or other emergency that involves solid waste, including processed or unprocessed material suitable for recycling or composting, as the commission determines necessary to protect the public health or safety.
(b) Notwithstanding § 361.014(b), revenue otherwise dedicated under that section may be used for an action authorized by Subsection (a).
Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 361.0145
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) The commission may recover from a person who is responsible for the solid waste as provided by § 361.271 the reasonable expenses incurred by the commission during an immediate response and remediation action under Subsection (a). The state may bring an action to recover those reasonable expenses.
(d) If the commission used for an action under Subsection (a) money otherwise dedicated under § 361.014(b), money recovered under Subsection (c) shall be deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the commission until the amount deposited equals the amount of the dedicated money used. Money credited under this subsection may be used only as provided by § 361.014(b).