(a) The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is created as an agency of the state.
(b) Effective January 1, 2004, a reference in law to the Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission is a reference to the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality.
Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 795, Sec. 1.001, eff. Sept. 1, 1985;
Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 3, Sec. 1.008, eff. Aug. 12, 1991.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 986 (S.B. 766), Sec. 67, eff. September 1, 2025.