Tex. Health & Safety Code § 343.021 · Subchapter C. COUNTY AUTHORITY RELATING TO NUISANCE
AUTHORITY TO ABATE NUISANCE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If a county adopts abatement procedures that are consistent with the general purpose of this chapter and that conform to this chapter, the county may abate a nuisance under this chapter:
(1) by demolition or removal, except as provided by Subsection (b);
(2) in the case of a nuisance under Section 343.011(c)(1), (9), or (10), by prohibiting or controlling access to the premises;
(3) in the case of a nuisance under Section 343.011(c)(6), by:
(A) prohibiting or controlling access to the premises and installing a cover that cannot be opened by a child over the entire swimming pool; or
(B) draining and filling the swimming pool; or
(4) in the case of a nuisance under Section 343.011(c)(12), by removal, remediation, storage, transportation, disposal, or other means of waste management authorized under Chapter 361.
(b) In the case of a nuisance under Section 343.011(c)(13), the county may use any means of abatement reasonably necessary to bring the system into compliance with Chapter 366 only after the defendant fails to abate the nuisance as ordered by the court under Section 343.012(e).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1050 (H.B. 1287), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 388 (S.B. 680), Sec. 3, eff. June 15, 2007.
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1366 (H.B. 3581), Sec. 4, eff. June 15, 2007.
Reenacted and amended by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 12.006, eff. September 1, 2009.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 438 (S.B. 634), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.
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.343.htm
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Health and Safety Code
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 343.011PUBLIC NUISANCE.Printed as Section 343.011(c)(1) | Section 343.011(c)(12) | Section 343.011(c)(13) | Section 343.011(c)(6)
- Tex. Health & Safety Code § 343.012CRIMINAL PENALTY.Printed as Section 343.012(e)
- Tex. Health & Safety Code ch. 366ON-SITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMSPrinted as Chapter 366
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