Bill Text: TX HB1744 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to limitations periods in arbitration proceedings.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-09 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB1744 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1744-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to limitations periods in arbitration proceedings.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-09 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB1744 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1744-Introduced.html
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By: Smithee | H.B. No. 1744 |
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relating to limitations periods in arbitration proceedings. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 171, Civil Practice and | ||
Remedies Code, is amended by adding Section 171.004 to read as | ||
follows: | ||
Sec. 171.004. APPLICABILITY OF LIMITATIONS PERIODS. (a) A | ||
party may not assert a claim in an arbitration proceeding if the | ||
party could not bring suit for the claim in court due to the | ||
expiration of the applicable limitations period. | ||
(b) A party may assert a claim in an arbitration proceeding | ||
after expiration of the applicable limitations period if: | ||
(1) the party brought suit for the claim in court | ||
before the expiration of the applicable limitations period; and | ||
(2) a court ordered the parties to arbitrate the | ||
claim. | ||
SECTION 2. 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, 2019. |