Bill Text: TX SB1534 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to venue in a lawsuit against the State of Texas or a state agency.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-23 - Referred to State Affairs [SB1534 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1534-Introduced.html
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By: Burton | S.B. No. 1534 |
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relating to venue in a lawsuit against the State of Texas or a state | ||
agency. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 15, Civil Practice and | ||
Remedies Code, is amended by adding Section 15.021 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 15.021. SUIT AGAINST STATE. Notwithstanding any other | ||
statute, including Section 15.016, a lawsuit against the state or a | ||
state agency may be brought in: | ||
(1) a county in which the court of appeals is held for | ||
a court of appeals district that includes the county in which the | ||
plaintiff: | ||
(A) resided at the time of the accrual of the | ||
cause of action; or | ||
(B) resides at the time the suit is brought; or | ||
(2) Travis County. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a lawsuit brought on or after the effective date of this Act. A | ||
lawsuit brought before the effective date of this Act is governed | ||
by the law as it existed immediately before the effective date of | ||
this Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |