Texas Local Government Code § 217.002 Nuisance

Sec. 217.002. NUISANCE. The governing body of the municipality may:

(1) abate and remove a nuisance and punish by fine the person responsible for the nuisance;

(2) define and declare what constitutes a nuisance and authorize and direct the summary abatement of the nuisance; and

(3) abate in any manner the governing body considers expedient any nuisance that may injure or affect the public health or comfort.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

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