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Tex. Health & Safety Code § 826.015

MUNICIPALITIES MAY ADOPT ORDINANCES OR RULES

Known as the Rabies Control Act

The act spans §§ 826–826 (34 sections).

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

(a) The governing body of a municipality may adopt ordinances or rules that establish a local rabies control program in the municipality and set local standards that are compatible with and equal to or more stringent than:

(1) the ordinances or rules adopted by the county in which the municipality is located; and

(2) the program established by this chapter and the department rules adopted under this chapter.

(b) Municipal ordinances or rules adopted under this section supersede ordinances or rules adopted by the county in which the municipality is located, this chapter, and the department rules adopted under this chapter within that municipality so that multiple enforcement will not occur.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.