Tex. Health & Safety Code Section 436.026
Violation; Injunction


(a)

The department or a health authority may petition the district court for a temporary restraining order to restrain a continuing violation or a threat of a continuing violation of Section 436.011 (Prohibited Acts) if the department or health authority believes that:

(1)

a person has violated, is violating, or is threatening to violate a provision of Section 436.011 (Prohibited Acts); and

(2)

the violation or threatened violation creates an immediate threat to the health and safety of the public.

(b)

If the court finds that a person is violating or threatening to violate Section 436.011 (Prohibited Acts), the court shall grant injunctive relief.

(c)

Venue for a suit brought under this section is in the county in which the violation or threat of violation is alleged to have occurred or in Travis County.
Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 336, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1094, eff. April 2, 2015.

Source: Section 436.026 — Violation; Injunction, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.­436.­htm#436.­026 (accessed Apr. 29, 2024).

Accessed:
Apr. 29, 2024

§ 436.026’s source at texas​.gov