Bill Text: TX HB899 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the authority of certain counties to regulate noise levels in residential areas; creating a criminal offense.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-04-19 - Referred to Local Government [HB899 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB899-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of certain counties to regulate noise levels in residential areas; creating a criminal offense.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 3-1)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2023-04-19 - Referred to Local Government [HB899 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB899-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Walle | H.B. No. 899 |
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relating to the authority of certain counties to regulate noise | ||
levels in residential areas; creating a criminal offense. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 240, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
by adding Subchapter D to read as follows: | ||
SUBCHAPTER D. REGULATION OF NOISE LEVELS IN CERTAIN COUNTIES | ||
Sec. 240.061. AUTHORITY TO REGULATE. To promote public | ||
health, safety, and welfare, the commissioners court of a county | ||
with a population of more than 3.3 million by order may regulate the | ||
level of noise emanating from a residence located in a residential | ||
area in the unincorporated area of the county. | ||
Sec. 240.062. CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A person commits an | ||
offense if the person violates an order adopted under this | ||
subchapter. | ||
(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |