Bill Text: TX HB2749 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to promulgation by the supreme court of standard forms for use in certain expedited foreclosure proceedings.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-17 - No action taken in committee [HB2749 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2749-Introduced.html
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By: Parker | H.B. No. 2749 |
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relating to promulgation by the supreme court of standard forms for | ||
use in certain expedited foreclosure proceedings. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 22, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 22.018 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 22.018. PROMULGATION OF FORMS FOR CERTAIN EXPEDITED | ||
FORECLOSURE PROCEEDINGS. (a) The supreme court shall promulgate | ||
the following forms for use in expedited foreclosure proceedings | ||
described by Section 50(r), Article XVI, Texas Constitution: | ||
(1) a form for application for an expedited | ||
foreclosure proceeding; | ||
(2) a form for a supporting affidavit; and | ||
(3) a form for any court-required citation. | ||
(b) A trial court or court clerk may not refuse to accept a | ||
form promulgated by the supreme court under this section filed by an | ||
attorney licensed in this state. | ||
(c) A court may not refuse the relief sought in an | ||
application for an expedited foreclosure proceeding described by | ||
Section 50(r), Article XVI, Texas Constitution, on the basis of any | ||
formal defect in a filed form that substantially complies with a | ||
form promulgated under this section. | ||
SECTION 2. Not later than March 1, 2014, the Texas Supreme | ||
Court shall promulgate the forms required by Section 22.018, | ||
Government Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |