Texas § 84.005 POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT.

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§ 84.005 — POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT.

Texas § 84.005

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Tex. Health and Safety Code Code Ann. § 84.005 (2026).

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Sec. 84.005. POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT.

(a)The department may enter into contracts or agreements as necessary to implement this chapter. The contracts or agreements may provide for payment by the state for materials, equipment, and services.

(b)The department may seek, receive, and spend any funds received through appropriations, grants, or donations from public or private sources for the purpose of identifying, reporting, or preventing those occupational conditions that have been determined by the executive commissioner to be injurious or to be a threat to the public health, subject to any limitations or conditions prescribed by the legislature.

(c)Subject to the confidentiality requirements of this chapter, the department shall evaluate the reports of occupational conditions to

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Sec. 84.005. POWERS AND DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT. (a) The department may enter into contracts or agreements as necessary to implement this chapter. The contracts or agreements may provide for payment by the state for materials, equipment, and services.
(b) The department may seek, receive, and spend any funds received through appropriations, grants, or donations from public or private sources for the purpose of identifying, reporting, or preventing those occupational conditions that have been determined by the executive commissioner to be injurious or to be a threat to the public health, subject to any limitations or conditions prescribed by the legislature.
(c) Subject to the confidentiality requirements of this chapter, the department shall evaluate the reports of occupational conditions to establish the nature and magnitude of the hazards associated with those conditions, to prevent the occurrence of those hazards, and to establish any trends involved.
(d) The department may make inspections and investigations as authorized by this chapter and other law.

Legislative History

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 245, Sec. 4, eff. May 23, 1997. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219 ), Sec. 3.0260, eff. April 2, 2015.