Rodent Control

Sec. 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. Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 678, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.0862, eff. April 2, 2015.