Texas 2013 - 83rd Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB576 Latest Draft

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                            By: Duncan S.B. No. 576
 (In the Senate - Filed February 14, 2013;
 February 20, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
 Jurisprudence; March 4, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable
 Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0;
 March 4, 2013, sent to printer.)
 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 576 By:  Hancock


 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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