Sec. 341.018. RODENT CONTROL. (a) A person who possesses an enclosed structure used or operated for public trade and who knows that the structure is infested with rodents shall:
(1) attempt to exterminate the rodents by poisoning, trapping, fumigating, or other appropriate means; and
(2) provide every practical means of eliminating rats in the structure.
(b) A public building that is constructed after September 4, 1945, must incorporate rat-proofing features.
(c) The department shall promote rodent control programs in rat-infested areas and in localities in which typhus fever has appeared.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0862, eff. April 2, 2015.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 5 - Sanitation and Environmental Quality
Chapter 341 - Minimum Standards of Sanitation and Health Protection Measures
Subchapter B. Nuisances and General Sanitation
Section 341.012. Abatement of Nuisance
Section 341.013. Garbage, Refuse, and Other Waste
Section 341.014. Disposal of Human Excreta
Section 341.015. Sanitation of Ice Plants
Section 341.016. Sanitation of Businesses; Occupational Health and Safety
Section 341.017. Sanitation Facilities for Railroad Maintenance-of-Way Employees
Section 341.018. Rodent Control
Section 341.019. Mosquito Control on Uninhabited Residential Property