Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE |
Title 5. SANITATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY |
Subtitle A. SANITATION |
Chapter 341. MINIMUM STANDARDS OF SANITATION AND HEALTH PROTECTION MEASURES |
Subchapter B. NUISANCES AND GENERAL SANITATION |
Sec. 341.018. RODENT CONTROL
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(a) A person who possesses an enclosed structure used or operated for public trade and who knows that the structure is infested with rodents shall:
(1) attempt to exterminate the rodents by poisoning, trapping, fumigating, or other appropriate means; and
(2) provide every practical means of eliminating rats in the structure.
(b) A public building that is constructed after September 4, 1945, must incorporate rat-proofing features.
(c) The board shall promote rodent control programs in rat-infested areas and in localities in which typhus fever has appeared.
Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.