By: Lewis (Senate Sponsor - Duncan) H.B. No. 1263
(In the Senate - Received from the House March 20, 2013;
March 21, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
Administration; March 25, 2013, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; March 25, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the delay in the implementation of the abolishment of
small claims courts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 5.07, Chapter 3 (H.B. 79), Acts of the
82nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 5.07. Not later than May 1, 2013, the Texas Supreme
Court shall promulgate the following rules, to be effective August
31, 2013:
(1) rules to define cases that constitute small claims
cases;
(2) rules of civil procedure applicable to small
claims cases as required by Section 27.060, Government Code, as
added by this article; and
(3) rules for eviction proceedings.
SECTION 2. Section 5.09, Chapter 3 (H.B. 79), Acts of the
82nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 5.09. Sections 5.02 and 5.06 of this article take
effect August 31 [May 1], 2013.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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