{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-341.018","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.018","heading":"RODENT CONTROL.","body":"(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:\n(1) attempt to exterminate the rodents by poisoning, trapping, fumigating, or other appropriate means; and\n(2) provide every practical means of eliminating rats in the structure.\n(b) A public building that is constructed after September 4, 1945, must incorporate rat-proofing features.\n(c) The department shall promote rodent control programs in rat-infested areas and in localities in which typhus fever has appeared.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0862, eff. April 2, 2015.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 5. SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY","SUBTITLE A. SANITATION","CHAPTER 341. MINIMUM STANDARDS OF SANITATION AND HEALTH PROTECTION MEASURES","SUBCHAPTER B. NUISANCES AND GENERAL SANITATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.341.htm#341.018","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"930662ace757c43f660596ed63bbd06ef5192b27f875afad96be1ba51c614d49","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-341.017","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-341.019"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}