{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-217.042","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 217.042","heading":"NUISANCE.","body":"(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the municipality may define and prohibit any nuisance within the limits of the municipality and within 5,000 feet outside the limits.\n(b) The municipality may enforce all ordinances necessary to prevent and summarily abate and remove a nuisance.\n(c) The municipality may not define and prohibit as a nuisance the sale of fireworks or similar materials outside the limits of the municipality.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.\nAmended by:\nActs 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1212 (S.B. 1593), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 7. REGULATION OF LAND USE, STRUCTURES, BUSINESSES, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES","SUBTITLE A. MUNICIPAL REGULATORY AUTHORITY","CHAPTER 217. MUNICIPAL REGULATION OF NUISANCES AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT","SUBCHAPTER C. REGULATION BY HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.217.htm#217.042","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"0b45b3c33e93ded583f8d22a44b2cf2ff352ba8f738a2839f9280e261b3c261d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-217.041","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-218.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}