CHAPTER 370. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY - Texas Statutes

LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE

TITLE 11. PUBLIC SAFETY

SUBTITLE C. PUBLIC SAFETY PROVISIONS APPLYING TO MORE THAN ONE

TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT

CHAPTER 370. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO MUNICIPAL AND

COUNTY HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY

Sec. 370.001. HEALTH CONTRACTS IN BORDER MUNICIPALITIES OR

COUNTIES. The governing body of a municipality or county that

has a boundary that is contiguous with the border between this

state and the Republic of Mexico may contract with a border

municipality or state in the Republic of Mexico to provide or

receive health services.

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 769, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 26,

1991.

Sec. 370.002. REVIEW OF JUVENILE CURFEW ORDER OR ORDINANCE. (a)

Before the third anniversary of the date of adoption of a

juvenile curfew ordinance by a general-law municipality or a

home-rule municipality or an order of a county commissioners

court, and every third year thereafter, the governing body of the

general-law municipality or home-rule municipality or the

commissioners court of the county shall:

(1) review the ordinance or order's effects on the community and

on problems the ordinance or order was intended to remedy;

(2) conduct public hearings on the need to continue the

ordinance or order; and

(3) abolish, continue, or modify the ordinance or order.

(b) Failure to act in accordance with Subsections (a)(1)-(3)

shall cause the ordinance or order to expire.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 262, Sec. 96, eff. May 31,

1995.

Sec. 370.003. MUNICIPAL OR COUNTY POLICY REGARDING ENFORCEMENT

OF DRUG LAWS. The governing body of a municipality, the

commissioners court of a county, or a sheriff, municipal police

department, municipal attorney, county attorney, district

attorney, or criminal district attorney may not adopt a policy

under which the entity will not fully enforce laws relating to

drugs, including Chapters 481 and 483, Health and Safety Code,

and federal law.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 971, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,

1997.

Sec. 370.004. NOTICE OF DAMAGED FENCE. (a) A peace officer

employed by a political subdivision of this state who

investigates or responds to an incident in which a motor vehicle

damages a fence shall, if the peace officer reasonably believes

that the fence is intended to contain livestock or other animals:

(1) immediately determine the owner of the land on which the

damaged fence is located; and

(2) notify the owner of the type and extent of the damage, if

the owner has registered with the political subdivision in

accordance with Subsection (c).

(b) A peace officer is not liable to an owner of land or any

other person for damage resulting from the peace officer's

failure to notify the owner under Subsection (a).

(c) A landowner must provide an agency or department of a

political subdivision that employs peace officers with the

following information if the landowner would like a peace officer

of that agency or department to notify the landowner of damage

under Subsection (a):

(1) the landowner's name, address, and telephone number; and

(2) the location and a description of the landowner's property.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch.

330, Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.