Texas § HS.361.538 - SOIL TEST REQUIRED BEFORE DEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN LAND
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§ HS.361.538. SOIL TEST REQUIRED BEFORE DEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN LAND
SOIL TEST REQUIRED BEFORE DEVELOPMENT OF CERTAIN LAND. (a) A person may not undertake the development of a tract of land that is greater than one acre in area unless the person has conducted soil tests, in accordance with commission rules, to determine whether any part of the tract overlies a closed municipal solid waste landfill facility. (b) Tests under this section must be conducted by a registered professional engineer. (c) If an engineer who conducts a test under this section determines that part of the tract overlies a closed municipal solid waste landfill facility, the engineer shall notify the following persons of the determination: (1) each owner and each lessee of the tract; (2) the commission; and (3) any local governmental official with the authority to disapprove an application for development. (d) A local government official who receives a notice under this section shall prepare a written notice stating the legal description of the portion of the tract that overlies a closed municipal solid waste landfill facility, the current owner of the tract, notice of the tract's former use, and notice of the restrictions on the development or lease of the land imposed by this subchapter. The official shall file for record the notice in the real property records in the county where the tract is located. (e) The owner or lessee of land for which a test is done under this section shall send the test results to the executive director not later than the 30th day before the development begins. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 770, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
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