Texas Local Government Code

§ 54.019 — IMPRISONMENT; CONTEMPT

LG § 54.019Title 2. ORGANIZATION OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENT · Part D. GENERAL POWERS OF MUNICIPALITIES · Ch. 54. ENFORCEMENT OF MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES · Art. B. MUNICIPAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ORDINANCES

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(a)A person is not subject to personal attachment or imprisonment for the failure to pay a civil penalty assessed under this subchapter.

(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.

Legislative history

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.