{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-240.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 240.003","heading":"OFFENSE.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if the person violates an order adopted under this subchapter and the order defines the violation as an offense.\n(b) An offense under this section is prosecuted in the same manner as an offense defined under state law.\n(c) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 7. REGULATION OF LAND USE, STRUCTURES, BUSINESSES, AND RELATED ACTIVITIES","SUBTITLE B. COUNTY REGULATORY AUTHORITY","CHAPTER 240. MISCELLANEOUS REGULATORY AUTHORITY OF COUNTIES","SUBCHAPTER A. REGULATION OF KEEPING OF WILD ANIMALS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.240.htm#240.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"a120b3bdfc23fd81eafbb4217b493fc71727586c731f8f440f1481cd031949bf","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-240.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-240.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}