The Municipal Court of Record of the City of Burkburnett, Texas shall have subject matter jurisdiction as provided by general law for municipal courts and, in addition, the following subject matter jurisdiction:
(A) Over criminal cases arising under ordinances authorized by Texas Local Government Code, § 215.072 (dairies; slaughterhouses), § 217.042 (nuisances), and § 341.903 (municipal owned property outside municipality).
(B) Concurrent jurisdiction with the justice court in the precinct in which the city is located in criminal cases that arise within the territorial limits of the municipality and are punishable only by fine.
(C) Civil jurisdiction for the purpose of enforcing municipal ordinances enacted under Texas Local Government Code, Subchapter A, Chapter 214(relating to dangerous structures), or Texas Transportation Code, Subchapter E, Chapter 683 (relating to junked vehicles; public nuisance and abatement).
(D) Concurrent jurisdiction with a district court or a county court at law under Texas Local Government Code, Subchapter B, Chapter 54 (relating to municipal health and safety Ordinances), 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.
(E) Authority to issue:
(1) Search warrants for the purpose of investigating a health and safety or nuisance abatement ordinance violation;
(2) Seizure warrants for the purpose of securing, removing, or demolishing the offending property and removing the debris from the premises; and
(3) Writs of mandamus, attachment, and other writs necessary to the enforcement of the jurisdiction of the court and writs of habeas corpus in cases in which the offense charged is within the jurisdiction of the court.
(Ord. 746, passed 2-18-08)