Tex. Water Code § 26.304
This is the official text of Tex. Water Code § 26.304, part of Texas’s Water Code — governs water rights and water resource management.
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§ 26.304. RECORDS OF SALE, PURCHASE, TRANSFER, OR APPLICATION OF POULTRY LITTER.
Official statutory text
(a) A poultry facility that sells or transfers poultry litter for off-site application must maintain until the second anniversary of the date of sale or transfer a record regarding:
(1) the identity of the purchaser or applicator;
(2) the physical destination of the poultry litter identified by the purchaser or transferee;
(3) the date the poultry litter was removed from the poultry facility; and
(4) the number of tons of poultry litter removed.
(b) A person that purchases or obtains poultry litter for land application must maintain until the second anniversary of the date of application a signed and dated proof of delivery document for every load of poultry litter applied to land. The landowner or the owner's tenant or agent shall note on the document the date or dates on which the poultry litter was applied to land.
(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to poultry litter that is:
(1) taken to a composting facility;
(2) used as a bio-fuel;
(3) used in a bio-gasification process; or
(4) otherwise beneficially used without being applied to land.
(1) the identity of the purchaser or applicator;
(2) the physical destination of the poultry litter identified by the purchaser or transferee;
(3) the date the poultry litter was removed from the poultry facility; and
(4) the number of tons of poultry litter removed.
(b) A person that purchases or obtains poultry litter for land application must maintain until the second anniversary of the date of application a signed and dated proof of delivery document for every load of poultry litter applied to land. The landowner or the owner's tenant or agent shall note on the document the date or dates on which the poultry litter was applied to land.
(c) Subsection (b) does not apply to poultry litter that is:
(1) taken to a composting facility;
(2) used as a bio-fuel;
(3) used in a bio-gasification process; or
(4) otherwise beneficially used without being applied to land.
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