Bill Text: TX SB576 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
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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-Introduced.html
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-Introduced.html
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| By: Duncan | S.B. No. 576 | |
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| relating to the abolishment of the 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 August 31 [ |
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| Supreme Court shall promulgate: | ||
| (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 [ |
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| 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. | ||
