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      S.B. No. 304         AN ACT   relating to the jurisdiction of municipal courts over health and   safety and nuisance abatement ordinances.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 29.003, Government Code, is amended by   adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:           (a-1)     The governing body of a municipality by ordinance may   provide that the court has:                 (1)     civil jurisdiction for the purpose of enforcing   municipal ordinances enacted under Subchapter A, Chapter 214, Local   Government Code, or Subchapter E, Chapter 683, Transportation Code;                 (2)     concurrent jurisdiction with a district court or a   county court at law under Subchapter B, Chapter 54, Local   Government Code, within the municipality's territorial limits and   property owned by the municipality located in the municipality's   extraterritorial jurisdiction for the purpose of enforcing health   and safety and nuisance abatement ordinances; and                 (3)  authority to issue:                       (A)     search warrants for the purpose of   investigating a health and safety or nuisance abatement ordinance   violation; and                       (B)     seizure warrants for the purpose of securing,   removing, or demolishing the offending property and removing the   debris from the premises.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.             ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 304 passed the Senate on   April 10, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 304 passed the House on   May 1, 2025, by the following vote:  Yeas 115, Nays 19, one   present not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor