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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the civil jurisdiction of a municipal court of record. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 30.00005(d), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(d) The governing body of a municipality by ordinance may |
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provide that the court has: |
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(1) civil jurisdiction for the purpose of enforcing |
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municipal ordinances enacted under Subchapter A, Chapter 214, Local |
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Government Code, or Subchapter E, Chapter 683, Transportation Code; |
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(2) concurrent jurisdiction with a district court or a |
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county court at law under Subchapter B, Chapter 54, Local |
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Government Code, within the municipality's territorial limits and |
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property owned by the municipality located in the municipality's |
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extraterritorial jurisdiction for the purpose of enforcing [health
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and safety and nuisance abatement] ordinances of the type listed in |
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Section 54.012, Local Government Code; and |
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(3) authority to issue: |
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(A) search warrants for the purpose of |
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investigating a health and safety or nuisance abatement ordinance |
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violation; and |
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(B) seizure warrants for the purpose of securing, |
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removing, or demolishing the offending property and removing the |
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debris from the premises. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |