Sec. 161.089. PREEMPTION OF LOCAL LAW  


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  • This subchapter does not preempt a local regulation of the sale, distribution, or use of cigarettes or tobacco products or affect the authority of a political subdivision to adopt or enforce an ordinance or requirement relating to the sale, distribution, or use of cigarettes or tobacco products if the regulation, ordinance, or requirement:

    (1) is compatible with and equal to or more stringent than a requirement prescribed by this subchapter; or

    (2) relates to an issue that is not specifically addressed by this subchapter or Chapter 154 or 155, Tax Code.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 671, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.