- (a) Proof that an activity described by Section 125.0015 is frequently committed at the place involved or that the place is frequently used for an activity described by Section 125.0015 is prima facie evidence that the defendant knowingly permitted the activity.
- (b) Evidence that persons have been arrested for or convicted of offenses for an activity described by Section 125.0015 in the place involved is admissible to show knowledge on the part of the defendant that the act occurred. The originals or certified copies of the papers and judgments of those arrests or convictions are admissible in the suit for injunction, and oral evidence is admissible to show that the offense for which a person was arrested or convicted was committed at the place involved.
- (c) Evidence of the general reputation of the place involved is admissible to show the existence of the nuisance.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;
Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 284(42), eff. Sept. 1, 1991;
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 857, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1993;
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 968, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 30, 1993;
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 14.04 to 14.06, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 318, Sec. 26, 27, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 663, Sec. 3, 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1181, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1202, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 858 (H.B. 2552), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2017.