Section 231.257 - Enforcement; Penalty; Remedies(a) The commissioners court may adopt orders to enforce this subchapter, any order adopted under this subchapter, or a zoning regulation.(b) A person commits an offense if the person violates this subchapter, an order adopted under this subchapter, or a zoning regulation. An offense under this subsection is a misdemeanor, punishable by fine, imprisonment, or both, as provided by the commissioners court. The commissioners court may also provide civil penalties for a violation.(c) If a building or other structure is erected, constructed, reconstructed, altered, repaired, converted, or maintained or if a building, other structure, or land is used in violation of this subchapter, an order adopted under this subchapter, or a zoning regulation, the appropriate county authority, in addition to other remedies, may institute appropriate action to:(1) prevent the unlawful erection, construction, reconstruction, alteration, repair, conversion, maintenance, or use;(2) restrain, correct, or abate the violation;(3) prevent the occupancy of the building, structure, or land; or(4) prevent any illegal act, conduct, business, or use on or about the premises.Tex. Loc. Gov't. Code § 231.257
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 797, Sec. 2, eff. 6/15/2007.