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

Tex. Local Government Code § 54.019: IMPRISONMENT; CONTEMPT.

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
TITLE 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT
SUBTITLE D. GENERAL POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES
CHAPTER 54. ENFORCEMENT OF MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES
SUBCHAPTER B. MUNICIPAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ORDINANCES

(a) A person is not subject to personal attachment or imprisonment for the failure to pay a civil penalty assessed under this subchapter.

(b) This subchapter does not affect the power of a court to imprison a person for contempt of valid court orders or the availability of remedies or procedures for the collection of a judgment assessing civil penalties. The remedies under Section 31.002, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, are preserved.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

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