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Texas Health and Safety Code, Ch. 361, Subch. C., § 361.0961. Restrictions on authority of local government or other political subdivision (ReMA note: includes prohibiting or restricting the sale or use of a container or package in a manner not authorized by state law, or assessing a fee or deposit on the sale or use of a container or package. The Texas Supreme Court ruled in City of Laredo, Texas v. Laredo Merchants Ass’n that this preempted a Laredo ordinance banning plastic or paper carryout bags).
- Computer Recycling Law – Texas Health and Safety Code Title 5, Subtitle B, Ch. 361, Subch. Y; § 361.951 to § 361.966
- Television Recycling Law – Texas Health and Safety Code Title 5, Subtitle B, Ch. 361, Subch. Z; § 361.971 to § 361.992
- TX Commission on Environmental Quality
- Electronics Recycling general information page
- Electronics Recycling: Compliance Resources
- Returnable Containers: Texas Business & Commerce Code, Title 6, Ch. 204. Sale of Returnable Container; § 204.001 to § 204.005
- Metals Theft Law (as amended by 2023 Texas SB 224; effective May 29, 2023)
- Texas Occupations Code
- Title 12, Subtitle B, Ch. 1956. Metal Recycling Entities; § 1956.001 to § 1956.204
- Title 14, Subtitle A, Ch. 2305. Records of Certain Vehicle Repairs, Sales, and Purchases (ReMA note: catalytic converter record requirements for repair shops)
- Texas Government Code Ch. 411. Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas
- Texas Penal Code
- Title 7. Offenses Against Property
- Ch. 28, § 28.03. Criminal mischief
- Ch. 31. Theft
- Title 11, Ch. 71, § 71.02. Engaging in organized criminal activity
- Title 7. Offenses Against Property
- Texas Transportation Code Title 7, Subtitle M, Ch. 1006. Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority
- Texas Administrative Code Title 37, Part 1, Ch. 36. Metals Recycling Entities
- Texas Department of Public Safety – Texas Metals Program
- ReMA Summary of Texas Metal Scrap Statute (August 30, 2023)
- Texas Occupations Code
- Texas Local Government Code, Title 7, Subtitle B, Ch. 234, Subch. A. Certain Outdoor Businesses; § 234.001 to § 234.004 (ReMA Note: includes “automotive wrecking and salvage yard”, “demolition business”, “junkyard”, and “recycling business”)
- Texas Transportation Code, Title 6, Subtitle H. Highway Beautification
- Chapter 391. Highway Beautification on Interstate and Primary Systems and Certain Roads
- Subch. A, § 391.001. Definitions
- Subchapter E. Regulation of Junkyards and Automobile Graveyards; § 391.121 to § 391.127
- Chapter 396. Automobile Wrecking and Salvage Yards
- Chapter 397. Automobile Wrecking and Salvage Yards in Certain Counties
- Chapter 391. Highway Beautification on Interstate and Primary Systems and Certain Roads
2019 Texas SB 649 requires TCEQ to produce a Market Development Plan to stimulate use of recyclable materials as feedstock in processing and manufacturing. The plan must ascertain current in-state recycling capacity and identify barriers to growth. The plan also would outline a state strategy to reduce or eliminate these barriers, to encourage manufacturers to increase their use of recyclable feedstock, and to incentivize prospective manufactures to locate in Texas and create Texas jobs.
- Texas Health and Safety Code Title 5, Subtitle B, Ch. 361. Solid Waste Disposal Act
- § 361.001 to § 361.039
- § 361.181 to § 361.405
- 2019 Texas HB 3224 requires the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to conduct a study, in consultation with industry stakeholders, on the potential impacts of creating a defense to liability for persons who arrange for recycling of recyclable material and would be exempt under SREA, and to report their findings and recommendations to the legislature by Jan. 15, 2021.
- Texas CEQ – Stormwater Multi-Sector General Permit for Industrial Facilities Information
- Permit Number TXR050000 – Stormwater associated with industrial activity
Issued: 07/13/16; Effective: 08/14/16; Expires: 08/13/21 - STEERS – Texas Environmental Electronic Reporting System (effective 09/01/17, forms must be submitted through STEERS, or call the TCEQ at 512-239-3700 to obtain hardcopies)
- Texas Government Code Title 10, Subtitle D. State Purchasing and General Services
- Ch. 2155, Subch. H, § 2155.443. Preference for rubberized asphalt paving. (ReMA note: state purchasing preferences) (as amended by 2019 Texas HB 1524)
- Ch. 2175, Subch. F, § 2175.303. Exception for certain products. (ReMA note: Surplus and Salvage Property chapter; exempts certain recyclable materials, including used tires, from the chapter when the disposition is not in the best interest of the state or economically feasible)
- Texas Health and Safety Code Title 5. Sanitation and Environmental Quality
- Subtitle A. Sanitation
- Ch. 341, Subch. B, § 341.013. Garbage, refuse, and other waste. (ReMA note: bans disposal of waste, including used tires, in a manner that may cause the pollution of the surrounding land, contamination of water, or breeding of insects or rodents)
- Ch. 343, Subch. B, § 343.011. Public nuisance. (ReMA note: requirements for keeping, storing, or accumulating rubbish, including tires)
- Subtitle B. Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water
- Ch. 361. Solid Waste Disposal Act
- Subch. A. § 361.003. Definitions. (ReMA note: “rubbish” includes combustible waste materials, including rubber)
- Subch. B. Powers and Duties of Commission
- § 361.013. Solid waste disposal and transportation fees. (ReMA note: conditions for no fee for scrap tires)
- § 361.014. Use of solid waste fee revenue. (ReMA note: includes cleanup of unauthorized tire dumps, also disposition of tire transporter fees)
- Subch. C. Permits
- § 361.112. Storage, transportation, and disposal of used or scrap tires.
- § 361.1125. Immediate remediation or removal of hazardous substance at scrap tire site.
- § 361.124. Allowed wastes and exemptions for certain small municipal solid waste landfills in arid areas. (ReMA note: “construction or demolition waste” includes rubber)
- Subch. D, § 361.133. Hazardous and solid waste remediation fee account. (ReMA note: includes use to clean up a waste tire recycling facility)
- Subch. N, § 361.423. Recycling Market Development Implementation Program.
- Ch. 363, Subch. C, § 363.041. Composition of Advisory Council. (ReMA note: includes a registered waste tire processor)
- Ch. 365, Subch. B, § 365.011. Definitions. (ReMA note: Litter Abatement Act, “litter” includes rubber and tires)
- Ch. 368, Subch. B. § 368.011. Definitions. (ReMA note: Regulation and licensing of waste haulers; “waste” includes rubber)
- Ch. 361. Solid Waste Disposal Act
- Subtitle A. Sanitation
- Texas Local Government Code Title 8, Subtitle B, Ch. 262, Subch. A, § 262.002. Authority to purchase road equipment and tires through comptroller.
- Texas Occupations Code
- Title 12, Subtitle B. Practices Related to Health and Safety
- Ch. 1954, Subch. C, § 1954.104. Resilient floor-covering material. (ReMA note: asbestos licensing; “resilient floor-covering material” includes rubber tile)
- Ch. 1956, Subch. C, § 1956.103. Restrictions on transfer of certain property. (ReMA note: metal recycling entities, bans transferring a vehicle or scrapped vehicle that includes, contains, or encloses a tire or scrap tire to a MRE)
- Title 14, Subtitle A. Regulations Related to Motor Vehicles
- Ch. 2302, Subch. F. § 2302.251. Definitions. (ReMA note: salvage vehicle dealer duties for component parts; “special accessory part” includes tires)
- Ch. 2309, Subch. H, § 2309.351. Definitions (ReMA note: used automotive parts recycler duties for component parts; “special accessory part” includes tires)
- Title 12, Subtitle B. Practices Related to Health and Safety
- Texas Transportation Code
- Title 6. Roadways
- Subtitle B, Ch. 223, Subch. B, § 223.047. Preference for rubberized asphalt paving made from scrap tires.
- Subtitle H, Ch. 396, Subch. A, § 396.001. Definitions. (ReMA note: Screening / zoning requirements; “junk” includes tires)
- Title 7. Vehicles and Traffic
- Subtitle C. Rules of the Road
- Ch. 541, Subch. C, § 541.203. Equipment. (ReMA note: definitions for “metal tire” and “solid tire”)
- Ch. 547, Subch. K, § 547.612. Restrictions on use and sale of tires.
- Subtitle F, Ch. 647, § 647.012. Required vehicle equipment; use of required equipment. (ReMA note: motor carrier requirements for transportation of migrant agricultural workers; includes tire standards)
- Subtitle J, Ch. 727. Modification of, Tampering with, and Equipment of Motor Vehicles.
- § 727.003. Tire equipment of motor vehicle, trailer, or tractor; offense.
- § 727.004. Rim or tire width; offense.
- Subtitle C. Rules of the Road
- Title 6. Roadways
- Texas Tax Code Title 2, Subtitle E, Ch. 151, Subch. H, § 151.316. Agricultural items. (ReMA note: exempts tires and other component parts of agricultural equipment from Ch. 151: Limited Sales, Excise, and Use Tax)
- Texas Water Code Title 2, Subtitle A, Ch. 7. Enforcement
- Subch. E, § 7.187. Penalties. (ReMA note: penalties for burning involving items containing natural or synthetic rubber)
- Subch. G, § 7.304. Suspension of registration or reimbursement payment issued under waste tire recycling program.
- Texas Health And Safety Code, Title 5. Sanitation and Environmental Quality
- Subtitle B, Ch. 375. Removal of Convenience Switches; § 375.001 to § 375.152 (ReMA Note: mercury switches)
- Subtitle C. Ch. 382, Subch. G, § 382.213. Disposition of Retired Vehicle. (ReMA Note: applies to § 382.209. Low-Income Vehicle Repair Assistance, Retrofit, And Accelerated Vehicle Retirement Program; vehicle must be destroyed, recycled, dismantled, stored for such, or repaired. Includes rules for dismantler.)
- Texas Occupations Code, Title 12, Subtitle B, Ch. 1956, Subch. C. Restrictions on Sale of Certain Items to Metal Recycling Entities; § 1956.101 to § 1956.105
- Texas Occupations Code, Title 14, Subtitle A. Regulations Related To Motor Vehicles
- Chapter 2302. Salvage Vehicle Dealers; § 2302.001 to § 2302.354 (as amended by 2019 Texas HB 1667 and 2019 Texas SB 604)
- Chapter 2303. Vehicle Storage Facilities
- Subch. A. General Provisions
- § 2303.002. Definitions.
- § 2303.003. Exemptions.
- Subch. D. Practice by License Holder
- § 2303.152. Notice by Publication.
- § 2303.154. Second Notice; Consent to Sale.
- § 2303.1545. Disposition of Abandoned Nuisance Vehicle.
- § 2303.157. Disposal of Certain Abandoned Vehicles.
- Subch. A. General Provisions
- Chapter 2305. Records of Certain Vehicle Repairs, Sales, And Purchases (ReMA Note: applies to purchasing used motor vehicles)
- Chapter 2309. Used Automotive Parts Recyclers (as amended by 2019 Texas HB 2847)
- Texas Penal Code, Title 7, Ch. 31, § 31.03. Theft. (ReMA Note: § 31.03.(c)(6) specifically covers purchase of vehicles for scrap)
- Texas Property Code, Title 5, Subtitle B. Liens
- Ch. 54, Subch. Z, § 54.901. Disposal of Certain Motor Vehicles Subject to Lien
- Ch. 59, SubCh. C, § 59.0445. Notice to Owner and Lienholders
- Ch. 70, SubCh. A, § 70.006. Sale or Disposal of Motor Vehicle, Motorboat, Vessel, or Outboard Motor
- Texas Transportation Code, Title 7. Vehicles and Traffic
- Subtitle A, Ch. 501, Subchapter E. Nonrepairable and Salvage Motor Vehicles; § 501.091 to § 501.110 (as amended by 2019 Texas HB 2310)
- Subtitle H, Chapter 683. Abandoned Motor Vehicles
- Subchapter A. General Provisions; § 683.001 to § 683.003
- Subch. B, § 683.014. Auction or Use of Abandoned Items; Waiver of Rights.
- Subch. C, § 683.034. Disposal of Vehicle Abandoned in Storage Facility.
- Subchapter D. Demolition of Motor Vehicles; § 683.051 to § 683.057)
- Subch. E. Junked Vehicles: Public Nuisance; Abatement
- § 683.071. Definition and Applicability.
- § 683.078. Junked Vehicle Disposal.
- Texas Water Code, Title 2, Subtitle A, Ch. 7, Subch. E, § 7.176. Violations Related to Handling of Used Oil. (ReMA Note: includes exemption for oil disposed as an unavoidable result of the dismantling or mechanical shredding of motor vehicles, appliances, or other items of scrap, used, or obsolete metals)