84R6867 CAE-D
By: Burton S.B. No. 1534
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to venue in a lawsuit against the State of Texas or a state
agency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 15, Civil Practice and
Remedies Code, is amended by adding Section 15.021 to read as
follows:
Sec. 15.021. SUIT AGAINST STATE. Notwithstanding any other
statute, including Section 15.016, a lawsuit against the state or a
state agency may be brought in:
(1) a county in which the court of appeals is held for
a court of appeals district that includes the county in which the
plaintiff:
(A) resided at the time of the accrual of the
cause of action; or
(B) resides at the time the suit is brought; or
(2) Travis County.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a lawsuit brought on or after the effective date of this Act. A
lawsuit brought before the effective date of this Act is governed
by the law as it existed immediately before the effective date of
this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.