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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 382.002

POLICY AND PURPOSE

Known as the Texas Clean Air Act

The act spans §§ 382–382 (162 sections).

Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case Smith v. Houston Chemical Services, Inc. (1994)

Most recently applied in in Re Volkswagen Clean Diesel Litigation: Texas Clean Air Act Enforcement Cases (July 2017)

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff

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Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.

(a) The policy of this state and the purpose of this chapter are to safeguard the state's air resources from pollution by controlling or abating air pollution and emissions of air contaminants, consistent with the protection of public health, general welfare, and physical property, including the esthetic enjoyment of air resources by the public and the maintenance of adequate visibility.

(b) It is intended that this chapter be vigorously enforced and that violations of this chapter or any rule or order of the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality result in expeditious initiation of enforcement actions as provided by this chapter.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.