1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the jurisdiction of municipal courts of record over
1-3 health and safety and nuisance abatement ordinances.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 30.00005, Government Code, is amended by
1-6 adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
1-7 (d) The governing body of a municipality by ordinance may
1-8 provide that the court has:
1-9 (1) civil jurisdiction for the purpose of enforcing
1-10 municipal ordinances enacted under Subchapter A, Chapter 214, Local
1-11 Government Code, or Subchapter E, Chapter 683, Transportation Code;
1-12 (2) concurrent jurisdiction with a district court or a
1-13 county court at law under Subchapter B, Chapter 54, Local
1-14 Government Code, within the municipality's territorial limits and
1-15 property owned by the municipality located in the municipality's
1-16 extraterritorial jurisdiction for the purpose of enforcing health
1-17 and safety and nuisance abatement ordinances; and
1-18 (3) authority to issue:
1-19 (A) search warrants for the purpose of
1-20 investigating a health and safety or nuisance abatement ordinance
1-21 violation; and
1-22 (B) seizure warrants for the purpose of
1-23 securing, removing, or demolishing the offending property and
1-24 removing the debris from the premises.
2-1 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2270 was passed by the House on May
5, 2001, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 2270 was passed by the Senate on May
22, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________________
Date
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Governor