Tex. Health & Safety Code § 341.019 · Subchapter B. NUISANCES AND GENERAL SANITATION
MOSQUITO CONTROL ON UNINHABITED RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, a municipality, county, or other local health authority may abate, without notice, a public health nuisance under Section 341.011(7) that:
(1) is located on residential property that is reasonably presumed to be abandoned or that is uninhabited due to foreclosure; and
(2) is an immediate danger to the health, life, or safety of any person.
(b) A public official, agent, or employee charged with the enforcement of health, environmental, or safety laws may enter the premises described by Subsection (a) at a reasonable time to inspect, investigate, or abate the nuisance.
(c) In this section, abatement is limited to the treatment with a mosquito larvicide of stagnant water in which mosquitoes are breeding.
(d) The public official, agent, or employee shall post on the front door of the residence a notice stating:
(1) the identity of the treating authority;
(2) the purpose and date of the treatment;
(3) a description of the areas of the property treated with larvicide;
(4) the type of larvicide used; and
(5) any known risks of the larvicide to humans or animals.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 16 (S.B. 186), Sec. 1, eff. May 10, 2013.
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