Texas Transportation Code

§ 683.074 — AUTHORITY TO ABATE NUISANCE; PROCEDURES

TN § 683.074Title 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)A municipality or county may adopt procedures that conform to this subchapter for the abatement and removal from private or public property or a public right-of-way of a junked vehicle or part of a junked vehicle as a public nuisance.

(b)The procedures must:

(1)prohibit a vehicle from being reconstructed or made operable after removal;

(2)require a public hearing on request of a person who receives notice as provided by Section 683.075 if the request is made not later than the date by which the nuisance must be abated and removed; and

(3)require that notice identifying the vehicle or part of the vehicle be given to the department not later than the fifth day after the date of removal.

(c)An appropriate court of the municipality or county may issue necessary orders to enforce the procedures.

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Legislative history

Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 500 (S.B. 350), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 720 (H.B. 787), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2011.