2 county-level rules, plus city-specific rules for 1 city in Hidalgo County, Texas.
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Texas counties cannot zone, so unincorporated Hidalgo County has no dark-sky or outdoor-lighting ordinance. Texas does have a statewide outdoor-lighting law for state-funded projects, but on private property in the county lighting is largely unregulated.
Texas counties cannot zone, so unincorporated Hidalgo County has no light-trespass ordinance. Light spilling onto a neighbor's property is not handled by a county lighting code; the usual remedy is a private nuisance claim under Texas common law, or a city ordinance inside city limits.
1 cities in Hidalgo County have their own outdoor lighting rules. Each link goes to that city's dedicated page with code citations.
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