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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Local Government Code § 214.013: SEWER CONNECTIONS.

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  1. LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
  2. TITLE 7. REGULATION OF LAND USE, STRUCTURES, BUSINESSES, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES
  3. SUBTITLE A. MUNICIPAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY
  4. CHAPTER 214. MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF HOUSING AND OTHER STRUCTURES
  5. SUBCHAPTER B. PLUMBING AND SEWERS

(a) A municipality may:

(1) provide for a sanitary sewer system; and

(2) require property owners to connect to the sewer system.

(b) If an owner does not connect to the sewer system, the municipality may:

(1) fix a lien against the owner's property;

(2) charge the cost of the connection to the owner as a personal liability; and

(3) impose a penalty on the owner.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 51, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1993.

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