Bill Text: TX HB2776 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the right of certain appellants to supersede a judgment or order on appeal.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB2776 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB2776-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2776 |
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relating to the right of certain appellants to supersede a judgment | ||
or order on appeal. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 22.004, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Subsection (i) to read as follows: | ||
(i) The supreme court shall adopt rules to provide that the | ||
right of an appellant under Section 6.001(b)(1), (2), or (3), Civil | ||
Practice and Remedies Code, to supersede a judgment or order on | ||
appeal is not subject to being counter-superseded under Rule | ||
24.2(a)(3), Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, or any other rule. | ||
Counter-supersedeas shall remain available to parties in a lawsuit | ||
concerning a matter that was the basis of a contested case in an | ||
administrative enforcement action. | ||
SECTION 2. The Texas Supreme Court shall adopt the rules | ||
required by Section 22.004(i), Government Code, as added by this | ||
Act, before May 1, 2018. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2776 was passed by the House on May 6, | ||
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 2776 on May 24, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, | ||
2 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2776 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 23, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 26, Nays | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |