Bill Text: TX SB576 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub

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Bill Title: Relating to the delay in the implementation of the abolishment of small claims courts.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-03-26 - Not again placed on intent calendar [SB576 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-SB576-Comm_Sub.html

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By: Duncan S.B. No. 576
(In the Senate - Filed February 14, 2013;
February 20, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
Jurisprudence; March 4, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0;
March 4, 2013, sent to printer.)
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 576 By: Hancock

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the delay in the implementation of the abolishment of
small claims courts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 5.07, Chapter 3 (H.B. 79), Acts of the
82nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 5.07. Not later than May 1, 2013, the Texas Supreme
Court shall promulgate the following rules, to be effective August
31, 2013:
(1) rules to define cases that constitute small claims
cases;
(2) rules of civil procedure applicable to small
claims cases as required by Section 27.060, Government Code, as
added by this article; and
(3) rules for eviction proceedings.
SECTION 2. Section 5.09, Chapter 3 (H.B. 79), Acts of the
82nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, is amended to read as
follows:
Sec. 5.09. Sections 5.02 and 5.06 of this article take
effect August 31 [May 1], 2013.
SECTION 3. 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, 2013.
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