Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.123
LIMITATION ON LOCATION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS
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- Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.123, LIMITATION ON LOCATION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/671844
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(a) This section applies to an application for a permit for a new Type I or new Type IV municipal solid waste landfill or for a permit or permit amendment authorizing the conversion of a Type IV municipal solid waste landfill to a Type I municipal solid waste landfill only if the landfill or proposed site for the new landfill is located in a county that is adjacent to a county with a population of more than 3.3 million and inside the boundaries of a national forest, as designated by the United States Forest Service, on public or private land.
(b) The commission may not issue a permit for a new Type I or new Type IV municipal solid waste landfill to be located as described by Subsection (a).
(c) The commission may not issue a permit or permit amendment authorizing the conversion of a Type IV municipal solid waste landfill located as described by Subsection (a) to a Type I municipal solid waste landfill.
(d) This section does not apply to an application for a permit or permit amendment authorizing an areal expansion of an existing Type I municipal solid waste landfill.