Texas Local Government Code 217.002 – Nuisance
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Terms Used In Texas Local Government Code 217.002
- Municipality: means a general-law municipality, home-rule municipality, or special-law municipality. See Texas Local Government Code 1.005
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
The governing body of the municipality may:
(1) abate and remove a nuisance and punish by fine the person responsible for the nuisance;
(2) define and declare what constitutes a nuisance and authorize and direct the summary abatement of the nuisance; and
(3) abate in any manner the governing body considers expedient any nuisance that may injure or affect the public health or comfort.