Tex. Health & Safety Code § 341.082 · Subchapter E. AUTHORITY OF HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITIES
APPOINTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH OFFICER IN CERTAIN HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In a home-rule municipality, an environmental health officer may be appointed to enforce this chapter.
(b) The environmental health officer must be a registered professional engineer. The officer must file a copy of the officer's oath and appointment with the department.
(c) The environmental health officer shall assist the department in enforcing this chapter and is subject to:
(1) the authority of the department; and
(2) removal from office in the same manner as a municipal health authority.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 597, Sec. 76, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 742, Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0867, eff. April 2, 2015.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.341.htm
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