| 1 | 1 | | 84R25649 LED-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Raymond H.B. No. 3079 |
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| 3 | 3 | | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3079: |
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| 4 | 4 | | By: Raymond C.S.H.B. No. 3079 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the applicability of a statute of limitations to |
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| 10 | 10 | | certain actions to enforce a right or remedy provided by the Texas |
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| 11 | 11 | | Constitution. |
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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. Section 16.051, Civil Practice and Remedies |
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| 14 | 14 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 16.051. RESIDUAL LIMITATIONS PERIOD. Every action for |
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| 16 | 16 | | which there is no express limitations period, except an action for |
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| 17 | 17 | | the recovery of real property and an action to enforce a right or |
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| 18 | 18 | | remedy provided by Section 50(a)(6), Article XVI, Texas |
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| 19 | 19 | | Constitution, must be brought not later than four years after the |
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| 20 | 20 | | day the cause of action accrues. |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 2. The amendment by this Act of Section 16.051, |
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| 22 | 22 | | Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is intended to clarify rather |
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| 23 | 23 | | than change existing law. An action to enforce a right or remedy |
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| 24 | 24 | | provided by Section 50(a)(6), Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is |
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| 25 | 25 | | not time barred regardless of when the cause of action accrued and |
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| 26 | 26 | | may be brought on or after the effective date of this Act |
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| 27 | 27 | | notwithstanding any application of a statute of limitations to an |
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| 28 | 28 | | action filed before the effective date of this Act asserting the |
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| 29 | 29 | | same cause of action. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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