Bill Text: TX HR2187 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Suspending limitations on conference committee jurisdiction, S.B. No. 2342.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-27 - Reported enrolled [HR2187 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR2187-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 2187 |
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BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of | ||
Texas, 86th Legislature, 2019, That House Rule 13, Section 9(a), be | ||
suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13, Section 9(f), to | ||
enable the conference committee appointed to resolve the | ||
differences on Senate Bill 2342 (the jurisdiction of, and practices | ||
and procedures in civil cases before, justice courts, county | ||
courts, statutory county courts, and district courts) to consider | ||
and take action on the following matters: | ||
(1) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(1), is suspended to permit | ||
the committee to amend text not in disagreement in proposed SECTION | ||
35 of the bill, in a transition provision of the bill, to read as | ||
follows: | ||
SECTION 35. Not later than January 1, 2021, the Supreme | ||
Court of Texas shall adopt rules as necessary to implement Section | ||
22.004(h-1), Government Code, as added by this Act. | ||
Explanation: The change is necessary to provide the Supreme | ||
Court of Texas additional time to adopt rules as necessary to | ||
implement certain provisions added by the Act. | ||
(2) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(1), is suspended to permit | ||
the committee to amend text not in disagreement in proposed SECTION | ||
37 of the bill, in the effective date provision of the bill, to read | ||
as follows: | ||
SECTION 37. This Act takes effect September 1, 2020. | ||
Explanation: The change is necessary to delay by one year the | ||
effective date of the Act. | ||
Leach | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 2187 was adopted by the House on May | ||
26, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 131, Nays 12, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||