Bill Text: TX HB1692 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to the doctrine of forum non conveniens.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-16 - Effective immediately [HB1692 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1692-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to the doctrine of forum non conveniens.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-16 - Effective immediately [HB1692 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB1692-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Sheets | C.S.H.B. No. 1692 |
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relating to the doctrine of forum non conveniens. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 71.051(e) and (h), Civil Practice and | ||
Remedies Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(e) The court may not stay or dismiss a plaintiff's claim | ||
under Subsection (b) if the plaintiff is a legal resident of this | ||
state. The determination of whether a claim may be stayed or | ||
dismissed under Subsection (b) shall be made with respect to each | ||
plaintiff on an individual basis, without regard to whether the | ||
claim of any other plaintiff may be stayed or dismissed under | ||
Subsection (b) and without regard to a plaintiff's country of | ||
citizenship or national origin. If an action involves both | ||
plaintiffs who are legal residents of this state and plaintiffs who | ||
are not, the court shall consider the factors provided by | ||
Subsection (b) and determine whether to [ |
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(1) a counterclaimant, cross-claimant, or third-party | ||
plaintiff or a person who is assigned a cause of action for personal | ||
injury; or | ||
(2) a representative, administrator, guardian, or | ||
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to an action commenced on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
An action commenced before the effective date of this Act is | ||
governed by the law applicable to the action immediately before the | ||
effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for | ||
that purpose. | ||
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, 2015. |