Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 54.019 · Subchapter B. MUNICIPAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ORDINANCES
IMPRISONMENT; CONTEMPT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person is not subject to personal attachment or imprisonment for the failure to pay a civil penalty assessed under this subchapter.
(b) This subchapter does not affect the power of a court to imprison a person for contempt of valid court orders or the availability of remedies or procedures for the collection of a judgment assessing civil penalties. The remedies under Section 31.002, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, are preserved.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.54.htm
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