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