Bill Text: TX HB2950 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the composition of and actions transferred by the judicial panel on multidistrict litigation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-16 - Effective immediately [HB2950 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2950-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the composition of and actions transferred by the judicial panel on multidistrict litigation.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-16 - Effective immediately [HB2950 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB2950-Introduced.html
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By: Smith | H.B. No. 2950 |
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relating to the composition of and actions transferred by the | ||
judicial panel on multidistrict litigation. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 74.161(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) The judicial panel on multidistrict litigation consists | ||
of five members designated from time to time by the [ |
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former, or retired court of appeals justices or active | ||
administrative judges. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 74.162, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 74.162. TRANSFER OF CASES BY PANEL. Subject to Section | ||
74.1625 and notwithstanding any other law, the judicial panel on | ||
multidistrict litigation may transfer civil actions involving one | ||
or more common questions of law or fact pending in the same or | ||
different constitutional courts, county courts at law, probate | ||
courts, or district courts to any district court for consolidated | ||
or coordinated pretrial proceedings, including summary judgment or | ||
other dispositive motions, but not for trial on the merits. A | ||
transfer may be made by the judicial panel on multidistrict | ||
litigation on its determination that the transfer will: | ||
(1) be for the convenience of the parties and | ||
witnesses; and | ||
(2) promote the just and efficient conduct of the | ||
actions. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 74.1625(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the judicial panel on | ||
multidistrict litigation may not transfer: | ||
(1) an action brought by the consumer protection | ||
division of the attorney general's office under Subchapter E, | ||
Chapter 17, Business & Commerce Code[ |
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(2) an action brought under Chapter 36, Human | ||
Resources Code. | ||
SECTION 4. The changes in law made by this Act apply 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 in effect immediately before the effective date of this | ||
Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 5. 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, 2021. |