Sec. 54.043.  ALTERNATIVE ADJUDICATION PROCESSES.  A municipality by ordinance may adopt a civil adjudication process, as an alternative to the enforcement process prescribed by the other provisions of this subchapter, for the enforcement of ordinances described by Section 54.032.  The alternative process must contain provisions relating to notice, the conduct of proceedings, permissible orders, penalties, and judicial review that are similar to the provisions of this subchapter.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 582, Sec. 2, eff. June 2, 1997.