Texas § HS.791.051 - ENFORCEMENT
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§ HS.791.051. ENFORCEMENT
ENFORCEMENT. (a) The attorney general, the county attorney of a county in which a building is maintained in violation of this chapter, or the district attorney of a district in which such a building is located may bring an action in the name of the state for an injunction or other process to enforce this chapter against the owner or person in charge of the building. (b) The action shall be brought in the district court of the county in which the building is located. (c) The action may be prosecuted by the attorney general, the county attorney, or the district attorney on that person's own motion, or on the relation of any individual, including the state fire marshal, an inspector of the State Board of Insurance, the chief of a municipal fire department, or a municipal fire marshal. (d) A district judge may issue a mandatory injunction or other writ against a person to enforce this chapter. Disobedience of the injunction constitutes contempt of court and is punishable in the manner provided for contempt. (e) The court may hear the case and may grant an injunction after the defendant has received 10 days' notice of the time and place set for the hearing on the injunction. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
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