# Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.002: POLICY; FINDINGS

> Texas · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C361_S361.002

## Section

- **Citation:** Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.002
- **Heading:** POLICY; FINDINGS
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 361 / Section 361.002

## Text

(a) It is this state's policy and the purpose of this chapter to safeguard the health, welfare, and physical property of the people and to protect the environment by controlling the management of solid waste, including accounting for hazardous waste that is generated.

(b) The storage, processing, and disposal of hazardous waste at municipal solid waste facilities pose a risk to public health and the environment, and in order to protect the environment and to provide measures for adequate protection of public health, it is in the public interest to require hazardous waste to be stored, processed, and disposed of only at permitted hazardous industrial solid waste facilities.

## Nearby sections

- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.001 § 361.001. SHORT TITLE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C361_S361.001.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.002 § 361.002. POLICY; FINDINGS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C361_S361.002.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.003 § 361.003. DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C361_S361.003.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.011 § 361.011.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C361_S361.011.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.013 § 361.013. SOLID WASTE DISPOSAL AND TRANSPORTATION FEES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C361_S361.013.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.014 § 361.014. USE OF SOLID WASTE FEE REVENUE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C361_S361.014.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.015 § 361.015.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C361_S361.015.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.016 § 361.016. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING BY COMMISSION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C361_S361.016.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.017 § 361.017.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C361_S361.017.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.018 § 361.018. COMMISSION'S JURISDICTION OVER HAZARDOUS WASTE COMPONENTS OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C361_S361.018.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.019 § 361.019. APPROVAL OF INDUSTRIAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT IN MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE FACILITY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C361_S361.019.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.022 § 361.022. PUBLIC POLICY CONCERNING MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE AND SLUDGE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C361_S361.022.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.023 § 361.023. PUBLIC POLICY CONCERNING HAZARDOUS WASTE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C361_S361.023.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 361.024 § 361.024. RULES AND STANDARDS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C361_S361.024.md)

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