Bill Text: TX SB440 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to a suit against The University of Texas at Tyler.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-05-22 - Effective on 9/1/19 [SB440 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB440-Enrolled.html

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S.B. No. 440

AN ACT
relating to a suit against The University of Texas at Tyler.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 76.04, Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 76.04. SUITS[; VENUE; CITATION]. [The board may sue
and be sued in the name of the institution.] Venue for a suit
against the institution is in Smith or Travis County. This section
may not be construed as granting legislative consent for a suit
against the board or the institution except as authorized by law.
[The institution may be impleaded by service of citation on its
president, and legislative consent to suits against the institution
is granted.]
SECTION 2. Section 76.04, Education Code, as amended by
this Act, applies only to a cause of action that accrues on or after
the effective date of this Act. A cause of action that accrues
before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law
applicable to the cause of action immediately before that date, and
that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 440 passed the Senate on
April 17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 440 passed the House on
May 10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 1, two
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor