{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-54.019","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 54.019","heading":"IMPRISONMENT; CONTEMPT.","body":"(a) A person is not subject to personal attachment or imprisonment for the failure to pay a civil penalty assessed under this subchapter.\n(b) This subchapter does not affect the power of a court to imprison a person for contempt of valid court orders or the availability of remedies or procedures for the collection of a judgment assessing civil penalties. The remedies under Section 31.002, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, are preserved.\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 B. MUNICIPAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ORDINANCES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.54.htm#54.019","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"aafdb42a9fea10923064acba5e467024c9683ebef6dba16ce49e24f1ab244215","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-54.018","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-54.020"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}