2022 Texas Statutes
Health and Safety Code
Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality
Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water
Chapter 365 - Litter
Subchapter B. Certain Actions Prohibited
Section 365.013. Rules and Standards; Criminal Penalty
Sec. 365.013. RULES AND STANDARDS; CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) The Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission shall adopt rules and standards regarding processing and treating litter disposed in violation of this subchapter.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person violates a rule adopted under this section.
(c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
(d) On conviction of an offense under this section, the court shall require the defendant, in addition to any fine or other penalty, to perform community service as provided by Article 42A.304(e), Code of Criminal Procedure.
Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 8.161, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.112, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 829 (H.B. 1884), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2017.
