Sec. 683.072. JUNKED VEHICLE DECLARED TO BE PUBLIC NUISANCE. A junked vehicle, including a part of a junked vehicle, that is visible at any time of the year from a public place or public right-of-way:
(1) is detrimental to the safety and welfare of the public;
(2) tends to reduce the value of private property;
(3) invites vandalism;
(4) creates a fire hazard;
(5) is an attractive nuisance creating a hazard to the health and safety of minors;
(6) produces urban blight adverse to the maintenance and continuing development of municipalities; and
(7) is a public nuisance.
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1073, Sec. 2.
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