Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 54.017 · Subchapter B. MUNICIPAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ORDINANCES
CIVIL PENALTY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In a suit against the owner or the owner's representative with control over the premises, the municipality may recover a civil penalty if it proves that:
(1) the defendant was actually notified of the provisions of the ordinance; and
(2) after the defendant received notice of the ordinance provisions, the defendant committed acts in violation of the ordinance or failed to take action necessary for compliance with the ordinance.
(b) A civil penalty under this section may not exceed $1,000 a day for a violation of an ordinance, except that a civil penalty under this section may not exceed $5,000 a day for a violation of an ordinance relating to point source effluent limitations or the discharge of a pollutant, other than from a non-point source, into a sewer system, including a sanitary or storm water sewer system, owned or controlled by the municipality.
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. 472, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Source of truth
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- 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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Cited by 3 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 54.017. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Local Government Code
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 54.018ACTION FOR REPAIR OR DEMOLITION OF STRUCTURE.Printed as Section 54.017
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 54.036FUNCTIONS.Printed as Section 54.017
- Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 214.219MINIMUM HABITABILITY STANDARDS FOR MULTI-FAMILY RENTAL BUILDINGS IN CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES.Printed as Section 54.017
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