81R4745 AJA-F
By: Thompson H.B. No. 1571
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to actions in a justice court regarding the repair of
residential rental property.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 92.0563, Property Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as
follows:
(c) The justice, county, and district courts have
concurrent jurisdiction in [of] an action under Subsection (a) [of
this section except that the justice court may not order repairs
under Subdivision (1) of Subsection (a) of this section].
(d) If a suit is filed in a justice court requesting relief
under Subsection (a), the justice court shall conduct a hearing on
the request not earlier than the sixth day after the date on which
the action is filed and not later than the 10th day after that date.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an action filed on or after the effective date of this Act. An
action filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by
the law in effect immediately before that date, and that law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2010.