Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 382.0205

  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • Effects: includes all personal property and all interest in that property. See Texas Government Code 312.011
  • Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005

Consistent with applicable federal law, the commission by rule may control air contaminants as necessary to protect against adverse effects related to:
(1) acid deposition;
(2) stratospheric changes, including depletion of ozone; and
(3) climatic changes, including global warming.