Bill Text: TX HB2904 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to dismissal of certain actions for an asbestos-related or silica-related injury.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-28 - Left pending in committee [HB2904 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2904-Introduced.html
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| By: Davis of Harris | H.B. No. 2904 | |
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| relating to dismissal of certain actions for an asbestos-related or | ||
| silica-related injury. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 90.010(d-1), Civil Practice and Remedies | ||
| Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| (d-1) Beginning on September 1, 2014, the MDL pretrial court | ||
| shall dismiss each action for an asbestos-related injury or a | ||
| silica-related injury that was pending on August 31, 2005, unless a | ||
| report was served on or after September 1, 2013, that complies with | ||
| Section 90.003, Section 90.004, or Subsection (f). The MDL | ||
| pretrial court shall provide for the dismissal of such actions in a | ||
| case management order entered for that purpose. All such actions | ||
| shall be dismissed on or before December [ |
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| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | ||
| a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | ||
| provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | ||
| Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | ||
| Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
