Texas Statutes
Subtitle D - General Powers of Municipalities
Chapter 54 - Enforcement of Municipal Ordinances

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 54.001. General Enforcement Authority of Municipalities; Penalty - Sec. 54.001. GENERAL ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY OF MUNICIPALITIES; PENALTY. (a) The...

Section 54.002. Imposition of Fine in Type B General-Law Municipality - Sec. 54.002. IMPOSITION OF FINE IN TYPE B GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY....

Section 54.003. Remission of Fine by Type a General-Law Municipality - Sec. 54.003. REMISSION OF FINE BY TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY....

Section 54.004. Preservation of Health, Property, Good Government, and Order in Home-Rule Municipality - Sec. 54.004. PRESERVATION OF HEALTH, PROPERTY, GOOD GOVERNMENT, AND ORDER...

Section 54.005. Notices to Certain Property Owners - Sec. 54.005. NOTICES TO CERTAIN PROPERTY OWNERS. (a) A governmental...

Section 54.006. Nonseverability of Certain Consolidated Offenses - Sec. 54.006. NONSEVERABILITY OF CERTAIN CONSOLIDATED OFFENSES. Section 3.04(a), Penal...

Subchapter B. Municipal Health and Safety Ordinances

Section 54.012. Civil Action - Sec. 54.012. CIVIL ACTION. A municipality may bring a civil...

Section 54.013. Jurisdiction; Venue - Sec. 54.013. JURISDICTION; VENUE. Jurisdiction and venue of an action...

Section 54.014. Preferential Setting - Sec. 54.014. PREFERENTIAL SETTING. If the municipality submits to the...

Section 54.015. Procedure - Sec. 54.015. PROCEDURE. (a) The only allegations required to be...

Section 54.0155. Expedited Proceedings for Certain Civil Actions - Sec. 54.0155. EXPEDITED PROCEEDINGS FOR CERTAIN CIVIL ACTIONS. (a) A...

Section 54.016. Injunction - Sec. 54.016. INJUNCTION. (a) On a showing of substantial danger...

Section 54.017. Civil Penalty - Sec. 54.017. CIVIL PENALTY. (a) In a suit against the...

Section 54.018. Action for Repair or Demolition of Structure - Sec. 54.018. ACTION FOR REPAIR OR DEMOLITION OF STRUCTURE. (a)...

Section 54.019. Imprisonment; Contempt - Sec. 54.019. IMPRISONMENT; CONTEMPT. (a) A person is not subject...

Section 54.020. Abatement of Floodplain Violation in Municipalities; Lien - Sec. 54.020. ABATEMENT OF FLOODPLAIN VIOLATION IN MUNICIPALITIES; LIEN. (a)...

Subchapter C. Quasi-Judicial Enforcement of Health and Safety Ordinances

Section 54.031. Subchapter Applicable to Certain Municipalities - Sec. 54.031. SUBCHAPTER APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES. This subchapter applies...

Section 54.032. Ordinances Subject to Quasi-Judicial Enforcement - Sec. 54.032. ORDINANCES SUBJECT TO QUASI-JUDICIAL ENFORCEMENT. This subchapter applies...

Section 54.033. Building and Standards Commission - Sec. 54.033. BUILDING AND STANDARDS COMMISSION. (a) The governing body...

Section 54.034. Proceedings of Commission Panels - Sec. 54.034. PROCEEDINGS OF COMMISSION PANELS. (a) All cases to...

Section 54.035. Notice - Sec. 54.035. NOTICE. (a) Except as provided by Subsections (a-1)...

Section 54.036. Functions - Sec. 54.036. FUNCTIONS. A commission panel may: (1) order the...

Section 54.037. Civil Penalty - Sec. 54.037. CIVIL PENALTY. (a) A determination made under Section...

Section 54.038. Vote - Sec. 54.038. VOTE. A majority vote of the members voting...

Section 54.039. Judicial Review - Sec. 54.039. JUDICIAL REVIEW. (a) Any owner, lienholder, or mortgagee...

Section 54.040. Lien; Abstract - Sec. 54.040. LIEN; ABSTRACT. (a) An order issued under Section...

Section 54.041. Commission Panel Decision Final - Sec. 54.041. COMMISSION PANEL DECISION FINAL. If no appeals are...

Section 54.042. Municipal Court Proceeding Not Affected - Sec. 54.042. MUNICIPAL COURT PROCEEDING NOT AFFECTED. This subchapter does...

Section 54.043. Alternative Adjudication Processes - Sec. 54.043. ALTERNATIVE ADJUDICATION PROCESSES. A municipality by ordinance may...

Section 54.044. Alternative Procedure for Administrative Hearing - Sec. 54.044. ALTERNATIVE PROCEDURE FOR ADMINISTRATIVE HEARING. (a) As an...