Tex. Health and Safety Code § 252.062

This is the official text of Tex. Health and Safety Code § 252.062, part of Texas’s Health and Safety Code — covers public health and safety regulation.

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§ 252.062. INJUNCTION.

Official statutory text

(a) The department may petition a district court for a temporary restraining order to restrain a person from continuing a violation of the standards prescribed by this chapter if the department finds that the violation creates an immediate threat to the health and safety of the facility's residents.

(b) A district court, on petition of the department, may by injunction:

(1) prohibit a person from continuing a violation of the standards or licensing requirements prescribed by this chapter;

(2) restrain or prevent the establishment, conduct, management, or operation of a facility without a license issued under this chapter; or

(3) grant the injunctive relief warranted by the facts on a finding by the court that a person is violating the standards or licensing requirements prescribed by this chapter.

(c) The attorney general, on request by the department, shall bring and conduct on behalf of the state a suit authorized by this section.

(d) A suit for a temporary restraining order or other injunctive relief must be brought in Travis County or the county in which the alleged violation occurs.

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