Texas § HS.122.005 - POWERS OF TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY
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§ HS.122.005. POWERS OF TYPE A GENERAL-LAW MUNICIPALITY
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. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.
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