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Title 1 - General Provisions
Chapter 1 - General Provisions
Section 1.004. Preemption
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Sec. 1.004. PREEMPTION. (a) Unless expressly authorized by another statute, a municipality or county may not adopt, enforce, or maintain an ordinance, order, or rule regulating conduct in a field of regulation that is occupied by a provision of this code. An ordinance, order, or rule that violates this section is void, unenforceable, and inconsistent with this code.
(b) Subsection (a) may not be construed to affect municipal or county authority to regulate a massage establishment in accordance with Section 455.005.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 899 (H.B. 2127), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2023.
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