85R17786 JAM-D By: Hernandez H.B. No. 256 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 256: By: Hernandez C.S.H.B. No. 256 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to the authority of a city attorney to seek an injunction to abate a common nuisance under the Alcoholic Beverage Code. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 101.70, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: (b-1) The city attorney in the city where the nuisance exists may sue in the name of the city for an injunction to abate and temporarily and permanently enjoin it. Except as otherwise provided in this section, the proceeding is conducted as other similar proceedings. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.