Tex. Transp. Code § 396.022 · Subchapter B. SCREENING REQUIREMENTS AND LOCATION
LOCATION OF YARD.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A junkyard or an automotive wrecking and salvage yard may not be located:
(1) within 50 feet of the right-of-way of a public street or state highway; or
(2) within 50 feet of the nearest property line of a residence.
(b) A person may not accumulate or stack materials associated with a junkyard or an automotive wrecking and salvage yard higher than eight feet above ground level.
(c) This section does not apply to a junkyard or an automotive wrecking and salvage yard used only for farm equipment.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1277 (S.B. 1436), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.396.htm
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- 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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