Bill Text: TX SB2051 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the provision of information to a party in an eviction suit regarding the party's right to appeal a judgment and procedures for appeal.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-21 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB2051 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB2051-Introduced.html

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88R6607 SHH-D
By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 2051

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the provision of information to a party in an eviction
suit regarding the party's right to appeal a judgment and
procedures for appeal.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Chapter 24, Property Code, is amended by adding
Section 24.005105 to read as follows:
Sec. 24.005105. STATEMENT OF PARTIES' RIGHT TO APPEAL
JUDGMENT OF JUSTICE COURT. At the same time that the justice court
renders a judgment in a suit under this chapter, the justice court
shall provide a statement to each party to the suit:
(1) giving notice of the party's right to appeal the
judgment, if any;
(2) explaining, as applicable, the procedure for
appeal with respect to:
(A) the payment of a deposit; or
(B) the filing of an appeal bond or a statement of
inability to pay; and
(3) stating that, on request of the party, the court
will provide a form for a statement of inability to pay.
SECTION 2. Section 24.005105, Property Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to a judgment of a justice court in an
eviction suit rendered on or after the effective date of this Act,
regardless of whether the suit was filed before, on, or after the
effective date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.