TX SB304

Authorizes municipal governing bodies to grant municipal courts civil jurisdiction to enforce ordinances related to substandard buildings and junked vehicles

Grants municipal courts concurrent jurisdiction with district courts and county courts at law to enforce health and safety and nuisance abatement ordinances within city limits and on municipality-owned property in extraterritorial jurisdiction

Empowers municipal courts to issue search warrants for investigating health and safety or nuisance abatement ordinance violations

Allows municipal courts to issue seizure warrants for securing, removing, or demolishing offending property and removing debris from premises

Takes effect September 1, 2025; passed Senate 30-0 on April 10, 2025, and House 115-19 on May 1, 2025