| 1 | 1 | | By: Dukes, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Gallegos) H.B. No. 942 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 7, 2011; |
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| 3 | 3 | | April 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | 4 | | Jurisprudence; May 12, 2011, reported favorably by the following |
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| 5 | 5 | | vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 12, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to an exemption for school districts from security for |
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| 11 | 11 | | court costs and appeal bond. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 6, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is |
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| 14 | 14 | | amended by adding Section 6.004 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 6.004. SCHOOL DISTRICTS EXEMPT FROM SECURITY FOR COURT |
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| 16 | 16 | | COSTS AND APPEAL BOND. A school district may institute and |
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| 17 | 17 | | prosecute suits without giving security for cost and may appeal |
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| 18 | 18 | | from judgment without giving supersedeas or cost bond. |
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| 19 | 19 | | SECTION 2. Section 6.004, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, |
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| 20 | 20 | | as added by this Act, applies only to a suit or appeal filed on or |
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| 21 | 21 | | after the effective date of this Act. A suit or appeal filed before |
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| 22 | 22 | | the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed |
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| 23 | 23 | | immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is |
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| 24 | 24 | | continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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| 26 | 26 | | * * * * * |
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