Tex. Health & Safety Code § 436.026 · Subchapter C. ENFORCEMENT
VIOLATION; INJUNCTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The department or a health authority may petition the district court for a temporary restraining order to restrain a continuing violation or a threat of a continuing violation of Section 436.011 if the department or health authority believes that:
(1) a person has violated, is violating, or is threatening to violate a provision of Section 436.011; and
(2) the violation or threatened violation creates an immediate threat to the health and safety of the public.
(b) If the court finds that a person is violating or threatening to violate Section 436.011, the court shall grant injunctive relief.
(c) Venue for a suit brought under this section is in the county in which the violation or threat of violation is alleged to have occurred or in Travis County.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 336, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1094, eff. April 2, 2015.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.436.htm
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