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Texas Natural Resources Code

§ 40.004 — ADMINISTRATION OF OIL SPILL RESPONSE AND CLEANUP

NR § 40.004Title 2. PUBLIC DOMAIN · Part C. ADMINISTRATION · Ch. 40. OIL SPILL PREVENTION AND RESPONSE ACT OF 1991 · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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(a)The General Land Office, under the direction and control of the commissioner, is the state's lead agency for response to actual or threatened unauthorized discharges of oil and for cleanup of pollution from unauthorized discharges of oil. The commissioner shall administer this chapter and direct all state discharge response and cleanup operations resulting from unauthorized discharges of oil.
(b)All persons and all other officers, agencies, and subdivisions of the state shall carry out response and cleanup operations related to unauthorized discharges of oil subject to the authority granted to the commissioner under this chapter.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 10, Sec. 1, eff. March 28, 1991.

Source: Texas Natural Resources Code § 40.004 from the Texas Constitution and Statutes (Texas Legislature) (public record). DecisionDepot is for informational use only and is not legal advice — verify against the official source before relying on this text.