Sec. 371.024. COLLECTION FACILITIES. (a) All appropriate businesses and government agencies are encouraged to serve as do-it-yourselfer used oil collection centers or used oil collection centers.
(b) A do-it-yourselfer used oil collection center and a used oil collection center shall:
(1) register biennially with the commission; and
(2) report annually to the commission the amounts of used oil collected by the center from the public.
(c) The commission shall adopt rules governing the registration of and reporting by do-it-yourselfer used oil collection centers and used oil collection centers.
(d) The commission by rule shall adopt standards for managing and operating a do-it-yourselfer used oil collection center or a used oil collection center.
(e) The commission may impose a registration fee in an amount sufficient to cover the actual cost of registering do-it-yourselfer used oil collection centers and used oil collection centers. A private entity that serves voluntarily as a do-it-yourselfer used oil collection center or a used oil collection center is exempt from the registration fee.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 303, Sec. 8, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 11.124, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 887, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality
Subtitle B - Solid Waste, Toxic Chemicals, Sewage, Litter, and Water
Chapter 371 - Used Oil Collection, Management, and Recycling
Subchapter B. Used Oil Recycling Program
Section 371.021. Public Education
Section 371.022. Notice by Retail Dealer
Section 371.023. Grants to Local Governments and Private Entities
Section 371.024. Collection Facilities
Section 371.0245. Reimbursement of Used Oil Collection Center's Hazardous Waste Expense
Section 371.0246. Procedures for Reimbursement
Section 371.025. Limitation of Liability
Section 371.026. Registration and Reporting Requirements of Used Oil Handlers Other Than Generators