2022 Texas Statutes
Health and Safety Code
Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality
Subtitle A - Sanitation
Chapter 341 - Minimum Standards of Sanitation and Health Protection Measures
Subchapter B. Nuisances and General Sanitation
Section 341.012. Abatement of Nuisance
Sec. 341.012. ABATEMENT OF NUISANCE. (a) A person shall abate a public health nuisance existing in or on a place the person possesses as soon as the person knows that the nuisance exists.
(b) A local health authority who receives information and proof that a public health nuisance exists in the local health authority's jurisdiction shall issue a written notice ordering the abatement of the nuisance to any person responsible for the nuisance. The local health authority shall at the same time send a copy of the notice to the local municipal, county, or district attorney.
(c) The notice must specify the nature of the public health nuisance and designate a reasonable time within which the nuisance must be abated.
(d) If the public health nuisance is not abated within the time specified by the notice, the local health authority shall notify the prosecuting attorney who received the copy of the original notice. The prosecuting attorney:
(1) shall immediately institute proceedings to abate the public health nuisance; or
(2) request the attorney general to institute the proceedings or provide assistance in the prosecution of the proceedings, including participation as an assistant prosecutor when appointed by the prosecuting attorney.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 648, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
