Texas § 144.079 PROHIBITED ACTS.

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§ 144.079 — PROHIBITED ACTS.

Texas § 144.079

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Tex. Health and Safety Code Code Ann. § 144.079 (2026).

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Sec. 144.079. PROHIBITED ACTS.

(a)A person may not receive, hold, slaughter, butcher, or otherwise process any animal as food for human consumption in a building or compartmented area of a building used as a rendering establishment or related station.

(b)A person may not steal, misappropriate, contaminate, or damage recyclable cooking oil or containers of recyclable cooking oil.

(c)A renderer, hauler, or any other person may not knowingly take possession of stolen recyclable cooking oil.

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Sec. 144.079. PROHIBITED ACTS. (a) A person may not receive, hold, slaughter, butcher, or otherwise process any animal as food for human consumption in a building or compartmented area of a building used as a rendering establishment or related station.
(b) A person may not steal, misappropriate, contaminate, or damage recyclable cooking oil or containers of recyclable cooking oil.
(c) A renderer, hauler, or any other person may not knowingly take possession of stolen recyclable cooking oil.

Legislative History

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 485, Sec. 22, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 838 (S.B. 202 ), Sec. 3.011, eff. September 1, 2015.