Texas Health And Safety Code Title 5, Chapter 342 - Local Regulation Of Sanitation

SUBCHAPTER A MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF SANITATION

• Texas Section 342.001 - Municipal Power Concerning Stagnant Water And Other Unsanitary Conditions
  (a) The governing body of a municipality may require the filling, draining, and regulating of any place in the municipality that is unwholesome, contains stagnant...
• Texas Section 342.002 - Municipal Power Concerning Sewers And Privies
  The governing body of a municipality may: (1) regulate the making, filling, altering, or repairing of sewers and privies; (2) direct the mode and material...
• Texas Section 342.003 - Municipal Power Concerning Filth, Carrion, And Other Unwholesome Matter
  The governing body of a municipality may regulate the cleaning of a building, establishment, or ground from filth, carrion, or other impure or unwholesome matter....
• Texas Section 342.004 - Municipal Power Concerning Weeds Or Certain Public Nuisances
  The governing body of a municipality may require the owner of real property in the municipality to keep the property free from weeds, brush, and...
• Texas Section 342.005 - Violation Of Ordinance
  The governing body of a municipality may punish an owner or occupant of property in the municipality who violates an ordinance adopted under this subchapter....
• Texas Section 342.006 - Work Or Improvements By Municipality; Notice
  (a) If the owner of property in the municipality does not comply with a municipal ordinance or requirement under this chapter within seven days of...
• Texas Section 342.007 - Assessment Of Expenses; Lien
  (a) The governing body of a municipality may assess expenses incurred under Section 342.006 against the real estate on which the work is done or...

SUBCHAPTER B REGULATION OF SANITATION BY CERTAIN TYPES OF MUNICIPALITIES

• Texas Section 342.008 - Additional Authority To Abate Dangerous Weeds
  (a) A municipality may abate, without notice, weeds that: (1) have grown higher than 48 inches; and (2) are an immediate danger to the health,...
• Texas Section 342.021 - Power Of Type A General-law Municipality Concerning Carcasses Or Other Unwholesome Matter
  (a) The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality may: (1) prevent a person from bringing, depositing, or having in the municipal limits a...
• Texas Section 342.022 - Joint Sanitary Regulations Of Type A General-law Municipality And County
  The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality may cooperate with the commissioner's court of the county in which the municipality is located in...

Last modified: September 28, 2016