Section 341.018 - Rodent Control(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.(c) The department shall promote rodent control programs in rat-infested areas and in localities in which typhus fever has appeared.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 341.018
Amended by Acts 2015, Texas Acts of the 84th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1,Sec. 3.0862, eff. 4/2/2015. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1989.