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By: Hernandez, Murphy, Bohac |
H.B. No. 256 |
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(Senate Sponsor - Whitmire) |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 3, 2017; |
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April 12, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Business & Commerce; May 3, 2017, reported favorably by the |
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following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 3, 2017, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the authority of a city attorney to seek an injunction |
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to abate a common nuisance under the Alcoholic Beverage Code. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 101.70, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) The city attorney in the city where the nuisance |
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exists may sue in the name of the city for an injunction to abate and |
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temporarily and permanently enjoin it. Except as otherwise |
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provided in this section, the proceeding is conducted as other |
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similar proceedings. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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