Section 341.011 - Nuisance Each of the following is a public health nuisance:
(1) a condition or place that is a breeding place for flies and that is in a populous area;(2) spoiled or diseased meats intended for human consumption;(3) a restaurant, food market, bakery, other place of business, or vehicle in which food is prepared, packed, stored, transported, sold, or served to the public and that is not constantly maintained in a sanitary condition;(4) a place, condition, or building controlled or operated by a state or local government agency that is not maintained in a sanitary condition;(5) sewage, human excreta, wastewater, garbage, or other organic wastes deposited, stored, discharged, or exposed in such a way as to be a potential instrument or medium in disease transmission to a person or between persons;(6) a vehicle or container that is used to transport garbage, human excreta, or other organic material and that is defective and allows leakage or spilling of contents;(7) a collection of water in which mosquitoes are breeding in the limits of a municipality or a collection of water that is a breeding area for mosquitoes that can transmit diseases regardless of the collection's location other than a location or property where activities meeting the definition of Section 11.002(12)(A), Water Code, occur;(8) a condition that may be proven to injuriously affect the public health and that may directly or indirectly result from the operations of a bone boiling or fat rendering plant, tallow or soap works, or other similar establishment;(9) a place or condition harboring rats in a populous area;(10) the presence of ectoparasites, including bedbugs, lice, and mites, suspected to be disease carriers in a place in which sleeping accommodations are offered to the public;(11) the maintenance of an open surface privy or an overflowing septic tank so that the contents may be accessible to flies; and(12) an object, place, or condition that is a possible and probable medium of disease transmission to or between humans.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.011
Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 346,Sec. 1, eff. 6/9/2015.Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 130, Sec. 1, eff. 5/27/2003. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1989.