{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-343.021","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 343.021","heading":"AUTHORITY TO ABATE NUISANCE.","body":"(a) If a county adopts abatement procedures that are consistent with the general purpose of this chapter and that conform to this chapter, the county may abate a nuisance under this chapter:\n(1) by demolition or removal, except as provided by Subsection (b);\n(2) in the case of a nuisance under Section 343.011(c)(1), (9), or (10), by prohibiting or controlling access to the premises;\n(3) in the case of a nuisance under Section 343.011(c)(6), by:\n(A) prohibiting or controlling access to the premises and installing a cover that cannot be opened by a child over the entire swimming pool; or\n(B) draining and filling the swimming pool; or\n(4) in the case of a nuisance under Section 343.011(c)(12), by removal, remediation, storage, transportation, disposal, or other means of waste management authorized under Chapter 361.\n(b) In the case of a nuisance under Section 343.011(c)(13), the county may use any means of abatement reasonably necessary to bring the system into compliance with Chapter 366 only after the defendant fails to abate the nuisance as ordered by the court under Section 343.012(e).\nActs 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1050 (H.B. 1287), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2005.\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 388 (S.B. 680), Sec. 3, eff. June 15, 2007.\nActs 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1366 (H.B. 3581), Sec. 4, eff. June 15, 2007.\nReenacted and amended by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 12.006, eff. September 1, 2009.\nAmended by:\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 438 (S.B. 634), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 5. SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY","SUBTITLE A. SANITATION","CHAPTER 343. ABATEMENT OF PUBLIC NUISANCES","SUBCHAPTER C. COUNTY AUTHORITY RELATING TO NUISANCE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.343.htm#343.021","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"a8856d7134cb9513e0feee84c9fdf16fc968db9311485a02f7120c4d86bd3404","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-343.013","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-343.022"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}