Bill Text: TX HB2211 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to agreed venue selection in civil actions.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-13 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB2211 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB2211-Introduced.html
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By: Wray | H.B. No. 2211 |
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relating to agreed venue selection in civil actions. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 15.020(b) and (c), Civil Practice and | ||
Remedies Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) An action arising from a major transaction shall be | ||
brought in a county if the party against whom the action is brought | ||
has agreed in writing that a suit arising from the transaction may | ||
be brought in that county. The parties to the action are not | ||
required to establish that the county is a county of proper venue | ||
under another provision of this chapter. | ||
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this title, an | ||
action arising from a major transaction may not be brought in a | ||
county if: | ||
(1) the party bringing the action has agreed in | ||
writing that an action arising from the transaction may not be | ||
brought in that county, and the action may be brought in another | ||
county of this state or in another jurisdiction; or | ||
(2) the party bringing the action has agreed in | ||
writing that an action arising from the transaction must be brought | ||
in another county of this state or in another jurisdiction[ |
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SECTION 2. Section 15.063, Civil Practice and Remedies | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 15.063. TRANSFER. (a) The court, on motion filed and | ||
served concurrently with or before the filing of the answer, shall | ||
transfer an action to another county of proper venue if: | ||
(1) the county in which the action is pending is not a | ||
proper county as provided by this chapter; or | ||
(2) an impartial trial cannot be had in the county in | ||
which the action is pending[ |
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(b) The court, on a motion filed with the court at any time | ||
before the trial commences, shall transfer the action to another | ||
county if the written consent of all the parties to the transfer to | ||
that county is filed with the motion. The parties to the action are | ||
not required to establish that the county is a county of proper | ||
venue under another provision of this chapter. | ||
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to an action filed on or after the effective date of this Act. An | ||
action filed 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |