{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-54.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 54.004","heading":"PRESERVATION OF HEALTH, PROPERTY, GOOD GOVERNMENT, AND ORDER IN HOME-RULE MUNICIPALITY.","body":"A home-rule municipality may enforce ordinances necessary to protect health, life, and property and to preserve the good government, order, and security of the municipality and its inhabitants.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT","SUBTITLE D. GENERAL POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES","CHAPTER 54. ENFORCEMENT OF MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.54.htm#54.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"1dad5862d03a58021a2799f6c799a30c9d0c236910a7df67146de6359698be6d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-54.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-54.005"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}