By:  Bernsen                                          S.B. No. 1631
         2001S0804/1                            
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the authority of certain municipalities to regulate
 1-3     nuisances.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 217.002, Local Government Code, is
 1-6     amended to read as follows:
 1-7           Sec. 217.002.  NUISANCE.  The governing body of the
 1-8     municipality may:
 1-9                 (1)  abate and remove a nuisance and punish by fine the
1-10     person responsible for the nuisance;
1-11                 (2)  define and declare what constitutes a nuisance and
1-12     authorize and direct the summary abatement of the nuisance within
1-13     the limits of the municipality and within 2,500 feet of the limits;
1-14     and
1-15                 (3)  abate in any manner the governing body considers
1-16     expedient any nuisance that may injure or affect the public health
1-17     or comfort.
1-18           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.