Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 214.013 · Subchapter B. PLUMBING AND SEWERS
SEWER CONNECTIONS.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A municipality may:
(1) provide for a sanitary sewer system; and
(2) require property owners to connect to the sewer system.
(b) If an owner does not connect to the sewer system, the municipality may:
(1) fix a lien against the owner's property;
(2) charge the cost of the connection to the owner as a personal liability; and
(3) impose a penalty on the owner.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 51, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.214.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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