Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2086 Compare Versions

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1		-	H.B. No. 2086
	1	+	By: Morales of Maverick (Senate Sponsor - Hughes) H.B. No. 2086
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2021;
	3	+	May 10, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on
	4	+	Transportation; May 17, 2021, reported favorably by the following
	5	+	vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 17, 2021, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	9	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	10		AN ACT
5	11		relating to appeals from an interlocutory order denying a motion
6	12		for summary judgment by certain contractors.
7	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	14		SECTION 1. Section 51.014(a), Civil Practice and Remedies
9	15		Code, is amended to read as follows:
10	16		(a) A person may appeal from an interlocutory order of a
11	17		district court, county court at law, statutory probate court, or
12	18		county court that:
13	19		(1) appoints a receiver or trustee;
14	20		(2) overrules a motion to vacate an order that
15	21		appoints a receiver or trustee;
16	22		(3) certifies or refuses to certify a class in a suit
17	23		brought under Rule 42 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure;
18	24		(4) grants or refuses a temporary injunction or grants
19	25		or overrules a motion to dissolve a temporary injunction as
20	26		provided by Chapter 65;
21	27		(5) denies a motion for summary judgment that is based
22	28		on an assertion of immunity by an individual who is an officer or
23	29		employee of the state or a political subdivision of the state;
24	30		(6) denies a motion for summary judgment that is based
25	31		in whole or in part upon a claim against or defense by a member of
26	32		the electronic or print media, acting in such capacity, or a person
27	33		whose communication appears in or is published by the electronic or
28	34		print media, arising under the free speech or free press clause of
29	35		the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, or Article
30	36		I, Section 8, of the Texas Constitution, or Chapter 73;
31	37		(7) grants or denies the special appearance of a
32	38		defendant under Rule 120a, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, except
33	39		in a suit brought under the Family Code;
34	40		(8) grants or denies a plea to the jurisdiction by a
35	41		governmental unit as that term is defined in Section 101.001;
36	42		(9) denies all or part of the relief sought by a motion
37	43		under Section 74.351(b), except that an appeal may not be taken from
38	44		an order granting an extension under Section 74.351;
39	45		(10) grants relief sought by a motion under Section
40	46		74.351(l);
41	47		(11) denies a motion to dismiss filed under Section
42	48		90.007;
43	49		(12) denies a motion to dismiss filed under Section
44	50		27.003;
45	51		(13) denies a motion for summary judgment filed by an
46	52		electric utility regarding liability in a suit subject to Section
47	53		75.0022; [or]
48	54		(14) denies a motion filed by a municipality with a
49	55		population of 500,000 or more in an action filed under Section
50	56		54.012(6) or 214.0012, Local Government Code; or
51		-	(15) ~~grants or~~ denies a motion for summary judgment
52		-	~~filed by a~~ contractor based on Section 97.002.
	57	+	(15) denies a motion for summary judgment filed by a
	58	+	contractor based on Section 97.002.
53	59		SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
54	60		a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
55	61		provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
56	62		Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
57	63		Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
58		-	______________________________ ______________________________
59		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
60		-	I certify that H.B. No. 2086 was passed by the House on April
61		-	29, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 1 present, not
62		-	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
63		-	No. 2086 on May 28, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0,
64		-	1 present, not voting.
65		-	______________________________
66		-	Chief Clerk of the House
67		-	I certify that H.B. No. 2086 was passed by the Senate, with
68		-	amendments, on May 20, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
69		-	0.
70		-	______________________________
71		-	Secretary of the Senate
72		-	APPROVED: __________________
73		-	Date
74		-	__________________
75		-	Governor
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