Texas Education Code
§ 96.706 — HAZARDOUS WASTE RESEARCH CENTER
ED § 96.706Title 3. HIGHER EDUCATION · Part E. THE TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM · Ch. 96. INSTITUTIONS OF THE TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY SYSTEM · Art. E. LAMAR UNIVERSITY AND RELATED INSTITUTIONS
Statute text
View on source(a)The Hazardous Waste Research Center is established at Lamar University at Beaumont. The center is under the authority of the board of regents of the Texas State University System. The center may employ such personnel as are necessary.
(b)The center shall carry out a program of research, evaluation, testing, development, and demonstration of alternative or innovative technologies that may be used in minimization, destruction, or handling of hazardous wastes to achieve better protection of human health and the environment.
(c)The center shall provide coordination of the activities of a consortium of Texas universities initially consisting of the Texas Engineering Experiment Station of The Texas A&M University System, the University of Houston, The University of Texas at Austin, and Lamar University at Beaumont, and other entities that may become affiliated.
(d)The center shall develop and maintain a database relevant to the programs of the center.
(e)The programs of the center may include:
(1)primary and secondary research;
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 1061, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.