Texas Statutes
§ 40.256 — INDIVIDUAL CAUSE OF ACTION.
Texas § 40.256
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Bluebook
Tex. Natural Resources Code Code Ann. § 40.256 (2026).
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Sec. 40.256. INDIVIDUAL CAUSE OF ACTION. The remedies in this chapter are cumulative and not exclusive. This chapter does not require pursuit of any claim against the fund as a condition precedent to any other remedy, nor does this chapter prohibit any person from bringing an action at common law or under any other law not inconsistent with this chapter for response costs or damages resulting from a discharge or other condition of pollution covered by this chapter. No such action shall collaterally estop or bar the commissioner in any action brought by the commissioner under this chapter.
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Legislative History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 10, Sec. 1, eff. March 28, 1991.
Nearby Sections
15
§ 40.001
SHORT TITLE.§ 40.002
POLICY.§ 40.003
DEFINITIONS.§ 40.007
GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES.§ 40.008
RAILROAD COMMISSION AUTHORITY.§ 40.051
NOTIFICATION.§ 40.052
HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES DISCHARGES.§ 40.101
NOTIFICATION AND RESPONSE.§ 40.102
RESPONSE COORDINATION.§ 40.103
ASSISTANCE AND COMPENSATION.§ 40.105
EQUIPMENT AND PERSONNEL.§ 40.106
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