Bill Text: TX HB537 | 2025-2026 | 89th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of certain counties to regulate noise levels in residential areas; creating a criminal offense.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced) 2024-11-12 - Filed [HB537 Detail]
Download: Texas-2025-HB537-Introduced.html
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| By: Walle | H.B. No. 537 | |
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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. (a) 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. | ||
| (b) This section does not authorize the commissioners court | ||
| of a county to regulate the use of fireworks. | ||
| Sec. 240.062. CRIMINAL PENALTY. (a) A person commits an | ||
| offense if the person on three or more occasions 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, 2025. | ||
