83R6366 RWG-D
By: Hernandez Luna H.B. No. 3032
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the prompt resolution of appeals in civil actions.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 22.004, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (i), (j), and (k) to read as follows:
(i) The supreme court shall adopt rules to promote the
prompt, efficient, and cost-effective resolution of an appeal in a
civil action. The rules shall apply to all courts of appeals and the
supreme court. The rules shall address the need for the full and
final disposition of:
(1) an appeal not later than one year after the date a
party perfects the appeal; and
(2) an expedited and interlocutory appeal not later
than three months after the date a party perfects the appeal.
(j) The supreme court shall adopt rules that establish a
procedure to uphold, without opinion, a lower court's judgment or
order that is the subject of an appeal that the appellate court has
failed to dispose of within the applicable period described by
Subsection (i).
(k) The supreme court shall adopt rules that require a court
of appeals to publish or post a list of cases that have been pending
with the court for six months or more on the websites of the court of
appeals and the supreme court and on the front entrance of the
courthouse where the court conducts proceedings. The list must
include the:
(1) case name;
(2) case number;
(3) description of the case as it appears on the
docketing statement;
(4) date the party perfected the appeal; and
(5) number of calendar days the case has been pending.
SECTION 2. Not later than May 1, 2014, the Texas Supreme
Court shall adopt the rules necessary to implement Sections
22.004(i), (j), and (k), Government Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.