{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-342.001","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 342.001","heading":"MUNICIPAL POWER CONCERNING STAGNANT WATER AND OTHER UNSANITARY CONDITIONS.","body":"(a) The governing body of a municipality may require the filling, draining, and regulating of any place in the municipality that is unwholesome, contains stagnant water, or is in any other condition that may produce disease.\n(b) The governing body of a municipality may require the inspection of all premises.\n(c) The governing body of a municipality may impose fines on the owner of premises on which stagnant water is found.\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 5. SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY","SUBTITLE A. SANITATION","CHAPTER 342. LOCAL REGULATION OF SANITATION","SUBCHAPTER A. MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF SANITATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.342.htm#342.001","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"d4dd6416aa76acd805932d31c63a335d096452b746084ae78dc7fd37bb6b5582","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-341.092","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-342.002"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}