LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION May 4, 2015 TO: Honorable John T. Smithee, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB3079 by Raymond (Relating to applicability of a statute of limitations to an action based on a right or remedy provided by the Texas Constitution.), As Introduced The bill would have a negative, but indeterminate, fiscal impact to the state; the number of additional cases that would be filed that had previously been barred by the four year limitations period cannot be estimated. The bill would amend the Civil Practice and Remedies Code to provide that the residual limitations period of four years after the day the cause of action accrues would not apply to an action to enforce a right or remedy provided by the state constitution. The Office of Court Administration anticipates that courts could receive a higher numbers of cases that would previously have been barred by the four year period due to significant overlap between the rights enumerated in the federal constitution and those contained in the state constitution. This could result in litigants who have asserted claims that were denied under the federal constitution using this provision as a mechanism to again assert the denied claim by linking it to the state constitution. However, the additional number of cases that would be realized cannot be estimated. The bill would take effect September 1, 2015. Local Government Impact The fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined at this time Source Agencies:212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council LBB Staff: UP, FR, MW, GDz
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 84TH LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
May 4, 2015
TO: Honorable John T. Smithee, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:HB3079 by Raymond (Relating to applicability of a statute of limitations to an action based on a right or remedy provided by the Texas Constitution.), As Introduced
TO: Honorable John T. Smithee, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
FROM: Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: HB3079 by Raymond (Relating to applicability of a statute of limitations to an action based on a right or remedy provided by the Texas Constitution.), As Introduced
Honorable John T. Smithee, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Honorable John T. Smithee, Chair, House Committee on Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
HB3079 by Raymond (Relating to applicability of a statute of limitations to an action based on a right or remedy provided by the Texas Constitution.), As Introduced
HB3079 by Raymond (Relating to applicability of a statute of limitations to an action based on a right or remedy provided by the Texas Constitution.), As Introduced
The bill would have a negative, but indeterminate, fiscal impact to the state; the number of additional cases that would be filed that had previously been barred by the four year limitations period cannot be estimated.
The bill would have a negative, but indeterminate, fiscal impact to the state; the number of additional cases that would be filed that had previously been barred by the four year limitations period cannot be estimated.
The bill would amend the Civil Practice and Remedies Code to provide that the residual limitations period of four years after the day the cause of action accrues would not apply to an action to enforce a right or remedy provided by the state constitution. The Office of Court Administration anticipates that courts could receive a higher numbers of cases that would previously have been barred by the four year period due to significant overlap between the rights enumerated in the federal constitution and those contained in the state constitution. This could result in litigants who have asserted claims that were denied under the federal constitution using this provision as a mechanism to again assert the denied claim by linking it to the state constitution. However, the additional number of cases that would be realized cannot be estimated. The bill would take effect September 1, 2015.
Local Government Impact
The fiscal implications of the bill cannot be determined at this time
Source Agencies: 212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council
212 Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council
LBB Staff: UP, FR, MW, GDz
UP, FR, MW, GDz