By: Perry  S.B. No. 304          (In the Senate - Filed November 12, 2024; February 3, 2025,   read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government;   March 17, 2025, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6,   Nays 0; March 17, 2025, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   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.     * * * * *