Tex. Local Government Code § 217.042
This is the official text of Tex. Local Government Code § 217.042, part of Texas’s Local Government Code — governs the powers and operations of Texas cities and counties.
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§ 217.042. NUISANCE.
Official statutory text
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the municipality may define and prohibit any nuisance within the limits of the municipality and within 5,000 feet outside the limits.
(b) The municipality may enforce all ordinances necessary to prevent and summarily abate and remove a nuisance.
(c) The municipality may not define and prohibit as a nuisance the sale of fireworks or similar materials outside the limits of the municipality.
(b) The municipality may enforce all ordinances necessary to prevent and summarily abate and remove a nuisance.
(c) The municipality may not define and prohibit as a nuisance the sale of fireworks or similar materials outside the limits of the municipality.
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