By: Cook, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Hughes) H.B. No. 3929
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2023;
May 10, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on
Jurisprudence; May 17, 2023, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 17, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the adoption by the Supreme Court of Texas of the
Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery Act.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Before September 1, 2025, the Supreme Court of
Texas may adopt the Uniform Interstate Depositions and Discovery
Act as rules of civil procedure.
SECTION 2. (a) Effective September 1, 2025, Section 20.002,
Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is repealed.
(b) If the Supreme Court of Texas adopts the rules described
by Section 1 of this Act with an effective date before September 1,
2025, those rules supersede Section 20.002, Civil Practice and
Remedies Code, to the extent of any conflict.
(c) Notwithstanding the repeal by this Act of Section
20.002, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, if the Supreme Court of
Texas does not adopt the rules described by Section 1 of this Act
before September 1, 2025, the substance of Section 20.002, Civil
Practice and Remedies Code, as that section existed immediately
before the effective date of this Act, is continued in effect.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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