Texas Transportation Code

§ 683.072 — JUNKED VEHICLE DECLARED TO BE PUBLIC NUISANCE

TN § 683.072Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Part H. PARKING, TOWING, AND STORAGE OF VEHICLES · Ch. 683. ABANDONED MOTOR VEHICLES · Art. E. JUNKED VEHICLES: PUBLIC NUISANCE; ABATEMENT

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A junked vehicle, including a part of a junked vehicle, that is visible at any time of the year from a public place or public right-of-way:

(1)is detrimental to the safety and welfare of the public;

(2)tends to reduce the value of private property;

(3)invites vandalism;

(4)creates a fire hazard;

(5)is an attractive nuisance creating a hazard to the health and safety of minors;

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Legislative history

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1073, Sec. 2.