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. _______________________________ 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. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________________ Date __________________________ Governor