Tex. Health & Safety Code § 343.012 · Subchapter B. PUBLIC NUISANCE PROHIBITED
CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if:
(1) the person violates Section 343.011(b); and
(2) the nuisance remains unabated after the 30th day after the date on which the person receives notice from a county official, agent, or employee to abate the nuisance.
(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine of not less than $50 or more than $200.
(c) If it is shown on the trial of the defendant that the defendant has been previously convicted of an offense under this section, the defendant is punishable by a fine of not less than $200 or more than $1,000, confinement in jail for not more than six months, or both.
(d) Each day a violation occurs is a separate offense.
(e) The court shall order abatement of the nuisance if the defendant is convicted of an offense under this section.
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. 499, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 771, Sec. 4, eff. Aug. 28, 1995; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 752, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.343.htm
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