By: Dukes, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Gallegos) H.B. No. 942
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 7, 2011;
April 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
Jurisprudence; May 12, 2011, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 12, 2011, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an exemption for school districts from security for
court costs and appeal bond.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 6, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is
amended by adding Section 6.004 to read as follows:
Sec. 6.004. SCHOOL DISTRICTS EXEMPT FROM SECURITY FOR COURT
COSTS AND APPEAL BOND. A school district may institute and
prosecute suits without giving security for cost and may appeal
from judgment without giving supersedeas or cost bond.
SECTION 2. Section 6.004, Civil Practice and Remedies Code,
as added by this Act, applies only to a suit or appeal filed on or
after the effective date of this Act. A suit or appeal filed before
the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed
immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is
continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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