Bill Text: TX HB2757 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the rule of decision in a court of this state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-10 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB2757 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2757-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2757 |
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relating to the rule of decision in a court of this state. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 5.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 5.001. RULE OF DECISION. (a) The rule of decision in | ||
this state consists of those portions of the common law of England | ||
that are not inconsistent with the constitution or the laws of this | ||
state, the constitution of this state, and the laws of this state. | ||
(b) In any action governed by the laws of this state | ||
concerning rights and obligations under the law, the American Law | ||
Institute's Restatements of the Law are not controlling. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2757 was passed by the House on April | ||
24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 3, 1 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 2757 on May 23, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 1, | ||
1 present, not voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2757 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |