Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 54.032 · Subchapter C. QUASI-JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT OF HEALTH AND SAFETY ORDINANCES
ORDINANCES SUBJECT TO QUASI-JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
This subchapter applies only to ordinances:
(1) for the preservation of public safety, relating to the materials or methods used to construct a building or improvement, including the foundation, structural elements, electrical wiring or apparatus, plumbing and fixtures, entrances, or exits;
(2) relating to the fire safety of a building or improvement, including provisions relating to materials, types of construction or design, warning devices, sprinklers or other fire suppression devices, availability of water supply for extinguishing fires, or location, design, or width of entrances or exits;
(3) relating to dangerously damaged or deteriorated buildings or improvements;
(4) relating to conditions caused by accumulations of refuse, vegetation, or other matter that creates breeding and living places for insects and rodents;
(5) relating to a building code or to the condition, use, or appearance of property in a municipality;
(6) relating to animal care and control; or
(7) relating to water conservation measures, including watering restrictions.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1113, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1989. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 582, Sec. 1, eff. June 2, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 135 (S.B. 654), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.
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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