{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-1.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Property Code § 1.004","heading":"PREEMPTION.","body":"(a) Unless expressly authorized by another statute, a municipality or county may not adopt, enforce, or maintain an ordinance, order, or rule regulating conduct in a field of regulation that is occupied by a provision of this code. An ordinance, order, or rule that violates this section is void, unenforceable, and inconsistent with this code.\n(b) For purposes of Subsection (a), a field occupied by a provision of this code includes an ordinance, order, or rule regulating evictions or otherwise prohibiting, restricting, or delaying delivery of a notice to vacate or filing a suit to recover possession of the premises under Chapter 24.\nAdded by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 899 (H.B. 2127), Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["PROPERTY CODE","TITLE 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PR/htm/PR.1.htm#1.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:37Z","sha256":"6b4ce14298b5118ea8769b6055d4fd945d4bb50ef15b9ac3b85117febcd39c27","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-1.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-property-code-2.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}