Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 54.015 · Subchapter B. MUNICIPAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ORDINANCES
PROCEDURE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The only allegations required to be pleaded in an action brought under this subchapter are:
(1) the identification of the real property involved in the violation;
(2) the relationship of the defendant to the real property or activity involved in the violation;
(3) a citation to the applicable ordinance;
(4) a description of the violation; and
(5) a statement that this subchapter applies to the ordinance.
(b) The standard of proof is the same as for other suits for extraordinary relief.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.54.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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