Texas Code Enforcement
Exam |Questions with 100% Correct Answers
What national association has become the premier association fostering code compliance
through its certification program, education, training, and enforcement? - ✔️✔️American
Association of Code Enforcement
Absolute Immunity - ✔️✔️Shields public officials from being sued for official acts without
regard to motive
Affiant - ✔️✔️The person who makes and subscribes his signature to an affidavit.
Affidavit - ✔️✔️A written or printed statement made under oath.
Civil Action - ✔️✔️Any action that is not a criminal proceeding
Defamation - ✔️✔️That which tends to injure a person's reputation
Dillon's Rule - ✔️✔️A municipal corporation can exercise only the powers explicitly granted to
them, those necessarily or fairly implied in or incident to the powers expressly granted, or those
essential to the declared objects and purposes of the corporation, not simply convenient, but
indispensable
Enabling Legislation - ✔️✔️legislation that gives appropriate officials the authority to implement
or enforce the law
General Law City - ✔️✔️Municipality that is limited to the governmental structures and powers
specifically granted by state law. General law cities are bound by Dillon's rule
Home Rule - ✔️✔️The power of a local city or county to set up its own system of self-
government without receiving a charter from the state. Home rule is allowed under some state
constitutions. The authority to act in local affairs is transferred from state law to a local charter,
adopted and, as need be amended, by voters through referendum
Injunction - ✔️✔️A court order that prohibits a party from doing something (restrictive
injunction), or compels them to do something (mandatory injunction)
Libel - ✔️✔️Published defamation which tends to injure a person's reputation
Lien - ✔️✔️An encumbrance or legal burden upon property
Lis Pendens - ✔️✔️A dispute or matter which is the subject of ongoing or pending litigation
, Search Warrant - ✔️✔️A written order issued by a judge that directs a law enforcement officer to
search a specific area for a particular piece of evidence
Substantive Criminal Law - ✔️✔️Law with the purpose of prevention of harm to society which
prescribes punishment for specific offenses
Substantive Law - ✔️✔️Law that creates or defines rights, duties, obligations, and causes of
action that can be enforced by law
Testimony - ✔️✔️The evidence given by a witness under oath. It does not include evidence from
documents and other physical evidence
Venire - ✔️✔️A writ summoning persons to court to act as jurors
Main Issue with Free Standing Signs - ✔️✔️Location
Most Restrictive Material used for Signs - ✔️✔️Wood and masonry with pointed or raised
messages
The ________ _____ of a municipality may require the filling and draining and regulation of
any place in the municipality that is unwholesome, contains stagnant water, or is in any other
condition that may produce disease. - ✔️✔️Governing Body
City may abate, without notice, weeds higher than ____ inches - ✔️✔️48
"The Rule" - ✔️✔️Witness may be asked to leave the courtroom during testimony.
Land Use Plan - ✔️✔️identifies best location for residential, commercial, industrial, and
agricultural lands
Main form of zoning enforcement - ✔️✔️Police Powers
Covenant - ✔️✔️written, signed agreement with two or more parties to perform an action
Motor Vehicle Demolisher - ✔️✔️Converting motor vehicles into processed scrap or scrap metal,
or wrecking or dismantling motor vehicles
Covenants usually expire after- - ✔️✔️20-25 years of application
Planning Commission - ✔️✔️A voluntary group of local citizens appointed by a city's governing
body for the purpose of advising on the scope and direction of the city's planning activities
Master Plan - ✔️✔️A comprehensive plan for the physical, social, economic, and environmental
development of the municipality
Exam |Questions with 100% Correct Answers
What national association has become the premier association fostering code compliance
through its certification program, education, training, and enforcement? - ✔️✔️American
Association of Code Enforcement
Absolute Immunity - ✔️✔️Shields public officials from being sued for official acts without
regard to motive
Affiant - ✔️✔️The person who makes and subscribes his signature to an affidavit.
Affidavit - ✔️✔️A written or printed statement made under oath.
Civil Action - ✔️✔️Any action that is not a criminal proceeding
Defamation - ✔️✔️That which tends to injure a person's reputation
Dillon's Rule - ✔️✔️A municipal corporation can exercise only the powers explicitly granted to
them, those necessarily or fairly implied in or incident to the powers expressly granted, or those
essential to the declared objects and purposes of the corporation, not simply convenient, but
indispensable
Enabling Legislation - ✔️✔️legislation that gives appropriate officials the authority to implement
or enforce the law
General Law City - ✔️✔️Municipality that is limited to the governmental structures and powers
specifically granted by state law. General law cities are bound by Dillon's rule
Home Rule - ✔️✔️The power of a local city or county to set up its own system of self-
government without receiving a charter from the state. Home rule is allowed under some state
constitutions. The authority to act in local affairs is transferred from state law to a local charter,
adopted and, as need be amended, by voters through referendum
Injunction - ✔️✔️A court order that prohibits a party from doing something (restrictive
injunction), or compels them to do something (mandatory injunction)
Libel - ✔️✔️Published defamation which tends to injure a person's reputation
Lien - ✔️✔️An encumbrance or legal burden upon property
Lis Pendens - ✔️✔️A dispute or matter which is the subject of ongoing or pending litigation
, Search Warrant - ✔️✔️A written order issued by a judge that directs a law enforcement officer to
search a specific area for a particular piece of evidence
Substantive Criminal Law - ✔️✔️Law with the purpose of prevention of harm to society which
prescribes punishment for specific offenses
Substantive Law - ✔️✔️Law that creates or defines rights, duties, obligations, and causes of
action that can be enforced by law
Testimony - ✔️✔️The evidence given by a witness under oath. It does not include evidence from
documents and other physical evidence
Venire - ✔️✔️A writ summoning persons to court to act as jurors
Main Issue with Free Standing Signs - ✔️✔️Location
Most Restrictive Material used for Signs - ✔️✔️Wood and masonry with pointed or raised
messages
The ________ _____ of a municipality may require the filling and draining and regulation of
any place in the municipality that is unwholesome, contains stagnant water, or is in any other
condition that may produce disease. - ✔️✔️Governing Body
City may abate, without notice, weeds higher than ____ inches - ✔️✔️48
"The Rule" - ✔️✔️Witness may be asked to leave the courtroom during testimony.
Land Use Plan - ✔️✔️identifies best location for residential, commercial, industrial, and
agricultural lands
Main form of zoning enforcement - ✔️✔️Police Powers
Covenant - ✔️✔️written, signed agreement with two or more parties to perform an action
Motor Vehicle Demolisher - ✔️✔️Converting motor vehicles into processed scrap or scrap metal,
or wrecking or dismantling motor vehicles
Covenants usually expire after- - ✔️✔️20-25 years of application
Planning Commission - ✔️✔️A voluntary group of local citizens appointed by a city's governing
body for the purpose of advising on the scope and direction of the city's planning activities
Master Plan - ✔️✔️A comprehensive plan for the physical, social, economic, and environmental
development of the municipality
