Texas Local Government Code Title 7, Chapter 215 - Municipal Regulation Of Businesses And Occupations

SUBCHAPTER A REGULATION BY MUNICIPALITIES IN GENERAL

• Texas Section 215.002 - Motor Vehicles And Accessories
  (a) A municipality by ordinance may license and otherwise regulate persons engaged primarily or incidentally in the sale or exchange of motor vehicles or motor...
• Texas Section 215.003 - Rendering Plants
  To protect residents of a municipality from health hazards related to unsanitary conditions that may exist in connection with rendering plants, the municipality by ordinance...
• Texas Section 215.004 - Taxicabs And Limousines
  (a) To protect the public health, safety, and welfare, a municipality by ordinance: (1) shall license, control, and otherwise regulate each private passenger vehicle, regardless...

SUBCHAPTER B REGULATION BY TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY

• Texas Section 215.006 - Church Providing Overnight Shelter
  (a) In this section: (1) "Church" means a facility that is owned by a religious organization and that is used primarily for religious services. (2)...
• Texas Section 215.021 - Municipality Covered By Subchapter
  This subchapter applies only to a Type A general-law municipality. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
• Texas Section 215.022 - Bread
  The governing body of the municipality may regulate the weight and quality of bread to be sold or used within the municipality. Acts 1987, 70th...
• Texas Section 215.023 - Butchers
  The governing body of the municipality may adopt any rules relating to butchers that the governing body considers necessary and proper. Acts 1987, 70th Leg.,...
• Texas Section 215.024 - Tanneries; Stables; Slaughterhouses; Other Businesses
  (a) As necessary for the health, comfort, and convenience of the residents of the municipality, the governing body of the municipality may compel the owner...
• Texas Section 215.025 - Animal Drives
  The governing body of the municipality may prohibit or otherwise regulate the driving of cattle, horses, or other animals in the municipality. Acts 1987, 70th...
• Texas Section 215.026 - Animals At Large
  (a) The governing body of the municipality may establish and regulate public pounds. (b) The governing body may prohibit or otherwise regulate the running at...
• Texas Section 215.027 - Breeding Animals
  The governing body of the municipality by ordinance may prohibit a person from keeping a jack, bull, or stallion in the municipality for breeding purposes....
• Texas Section 215.028 - Markets
  (a) The governing body of the municipality may establish or erect markets or market houses. (b) The governing body may designate and regulate market places...
• Texas Section 215.029 - Drivers; Porters
  (a) The governing body of the municipality may license, tax, or otherwise regulate: (1) cabdrivers; (2) draymen; (3) bus drivers; (4) baggage wagon drivers; (5)...
• Texas Section 215.030 - Messengers
  The governing body of the municipality may license, restrain, or otherwise regulate messengers for railroads, stages, or public houses. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149,...
• Texas Section 215.031 - Hawkers; Peddlers; Pawnbrokers
  The governing body of the municipality may license, tax, suppress, prevent, or otherwise regulate: (1) hawkers; (2) peddlers; and (3) pawnbrokers. Acts 1987, 70th Leg.,...
• Texas Section 215.032 - Exhibitions; Shows; Amusements
  (a) The governing body of the municipality may license, tax, suppress, prevent, or otherwise regulate keepers of theatrical or other exhibitions, shows, or amusements. (b)...
• Texas Section 215.033 - Licenses; Fees
  (a) The governing body of the municipality may authorize the proper municipal officer to grant and issue licenses, direct the manner of issuing and registering...

SUBCHAPTER C REGULATION BY TYPE B GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY

• Texas Section 215.034 - Suspension Or Revocation Of Occupation License
  (a) A judge of the municipal court, in addition to imposing a fine, may institute proceedings to suspend or revoke the license of a person...
• Texas Section 215.051 - Municipality Covered By Subchapter
  This subchapter applies only to a Type B general-law municipality. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

SUBCHAPTER D REGULATION BY HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY

• Texas Section 215.052 - Markets
  The governing body of the municipality may establish markets. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
• Texas Section 215.071 - Municipality Covered By Subchapter
  This subchapter applies only to a home-rule municipality. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
• Texas Section 215.072 - Dairies; Slaughterhouses
  The municipality may inspect dairies, slaughterhouses, or slaughter pens, in or outside the municipal limits, from which milk or meat is furnished to the residents...
• Texas Section 215.073 - Vehicles For Hire
  The municipality may license, fix the charges or fares made by, or otherwise regulate any person who owns, operates, or controls any type of vehicle...
• Texas Section 215.0735 - Operators Of Vehicles
  The municipality may prescribe the qualifications of an operator of a vehicle that uses the public streets in the municipality. Added by Acts 1995, 74th...
• Texas Section 215.074 - Theaters; Shows; Amusements
  The municipality may regulate the location and conduct of: (1) theaters; (2) movie theaters; (3) bowling alleys; and (4) other places of public amusements. Acts...
• Texas Section 215.075 - Police Power
  The municipality may license any lawful business or occupation that is subject to the police power of the municipality. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149,...

Last modified: September 28, 2016