Texas Health and Safety Code

§ 122.005 — POWERS OF TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY

HS § 122.005Title 2. HEALTH · Part F. LOCAL REGULATION OF PUBLIC HEALTH · Ch. 122. POWERS AND DUTIES OF COUNTIES AND MUNICIPALITIES RELATING TO PUBLIC HEALTH

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(a)The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality may take any action necessary or expedient to promote health or suppress disease, including actions to:

(1)prevent the introduction of a communicable disease into the municipality, including stopping, detaining, and examining a person coming from a place that is infected or believed to be infected with a communicable disease;

(2)establish, maintain, and regulate hospitals in the municipality or in any area within five miles of the municipal limits; or

(3)abate any nuisance that is or may become injurious to the public health.

(b)The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality may adopt rules:

(1)necessary or expedient to promote health or suppress disease; or

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Legislative history

Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.