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

Tex. Local Government Code § 352.022: PENALTY FOR FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH ORDER.

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  1. LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
  2. TITLE 11. PUBLIC SAFETY
  3. SUBTITLE B. COUNTY PUBLIC SAFETY
  4. CHAPTER 352. COUNTY FIRE PROTECTION
  5. SUBCHAPTER B. COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL

An owner or occupant who is subject to an order issued under Section 352.016 or 352.0165 commits an offense if that person fails to comply with the order. Each refusal to comply is a separate offense. The offense is a Class B misdemeanor unless it is shown on the trial of the offense that the defendant has been previously convicted two or more times under this section, in which event the offense is a state jail felony.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 371, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Amended by:

Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 473 (S.B. 504), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:27Z. Source file · JSON

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