Section 122.005 - Powers of Type A General-Law Municipality(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(2) to prevent the introduction of a communicable disease into the municipality, including quarantine rules, and may enforce those rules in the municipality and in any area within 10 miles of the municipality.(c) The governing body of a Type A general-law municipality may fine a person who fails or refuses to observe the orders and rules of the health authority.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 122.005
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1989.