H.B. No. 256
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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 256 was passed by the House on March
30, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 125, Nays 14, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 256 was passed by the Senate on May
16, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 29, Nays 1.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor