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1	1	S.B. No. 1603
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to the decision of a court of appeals not to accept certain
6	6	interlocutory appeals.
7	7	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	8	SECTION 1. Section 51.014, Civil Practice and Remedies
9	9	Code, is amended by adding Subsections (g) and (h) to read as
10	10	follows:
11	11	(g) If a court of appeals does not accept an appeal under
12	12	Subsection (f), the court shall state in its decision the specific
13	13	reason for finding that the appeal is not warranted under
14	14	Subsection (d).
15	15	(h) The supreme court may review a decision by a court of
16	16	appeals not to accept an appeal under Subsection (f) de novo. If
17	17	the supreme court concludes that the requirements to permit an
18	18	appeal under Subsection (d) are satisfied, the court may direct the
19	19	court of appeals to accept the appeal.
20	20	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
21	21	to an application for interlocutory appeal filed on or after the
22	22	effective date of this Act.
23	23	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
24	24	______________________________ ______________________________
25	25	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
26	26	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1603 passed the Senate on
27	27	April 12, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that
28	28	the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 11, 2023, by the
29	29	following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0.
30	30	______________________________
31	31	Secretary of the Senate
32	32	I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1603 passed the House, with
33	33	amendment, on May 4, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 143,
34	34	Nays 1, one present not voting.
35	35	______________________________
36	36	Chief Clerk of the House
37	37	Approved:
38	38	______________________________
39	39	Date
40	40	______________________________
41	41	Governor