Texas Health and Safety Code 341.018 – Rodent Control
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(a) A person who possesses an enclosed structure used or operated for public trade and who knows that the structure is infested with rodents shall:
(1) attempt to exterminate the rodents by poisoning, trapping, fumigating, or other appropriate means; and
(2) provide every practical means of eliminating rats in the structure.
(b) A public building that is constructed after September 4, 1945, must incorporate rat-proofing features.
Terms Used In Texas Health and Safety Code 341.018
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) The department shall promote rodent control programs in rat-infested areas and in localities in which typhus fever has appeared.