Texas Health and Safety Code 361.751 – Definitions
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Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 361.751
- 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
- Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
In this subchapter:
(1) “Contaminant” has the meaning assigned by § 361.601.
(2) “Innocent owner or operator” means a person that:
(A) is an owner or operator of property that has become contaminated as a result of a release or migration of contaminants from a source or sources not located on or at the property; and
(B) did not cause or contribute to the source or sources of the contamination referred to in Paragraph (A).