Sec. 144.030.  COLLECTION CONTAINER REQUIREMENTS.  (a)  A container in which dead animals or renderable raw materials are accumulated by a producer at collecting points for pickup by a dead animal hauler or renderable raw material hauler must remain on the premises at each collecting point.
(b)  The owner of the containers shall maintain the containers in a leak-proof and sanitary condition and shall replace them as necessary.
(c)  The transportation, delivery, transfer, loading, and off-loading of dead animals and renderable raw materials shall be performed in a manner that prevents the release of animal parts and spills or leaks of renderable raw materials from containers.  A release of dead animal parts or spill or leak of renderable raw materials shall immediately be cleaned up and reported in the log required by Section 144.022.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 485, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.