Tex. Health & Safety Code § 766.055 · Subchapter B. FIRE PROTECTION SPRINKLER SYSTEMS IN CERTAIN RESIDENTIAL HIGH-RISE BUILDINGS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES
INJUNCTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The attorney general, the county attorney of a county in which a residential high-rise building is located, or the district attorney of a county in which the building is located may bring an action in the name of the state for an injunction to enforce this subchapter against the owner or person in charge of a residential high-rise building not in compliance with this subchapter.
(b) The action must be brought in the district court of the county in which the residential high-rise building is located.
(c) The attorney general, county attorney of the county in which the residential high-rise building is located, or district attorney of the county in which the building is located, as applicable, shall give the owner or person in charge of the building notice of the time and place of a hearing for an action brought under this section not later than the 10th day before the date of the hearing.
(d) A district judge may issue a mandatory injunction against the owner or person in charge of a residential high-rise building not in compliance with this subchapter to enforce this subchapter. Violation of an injunction issued under this section constitutes contempt of court and is punishable in the manner provided for contempt.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 871 (H.B. 3089), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2015.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.766.htm
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