Bill Text: TX HB3416 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the authority of certain persons to bring a survival action.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-03-17 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB3416 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3416-Introduced.html
84R12303 AJA-F | ||
By: Phillips | H.B. No. 3416 |
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relating to the authority of certain persons to bring a survival | ||
action. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 71.021, Civil Practice and Remedies | ||
Code, is amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: | ||
(b-1) A legal representative of the estate of the injured | ||
person may bring the action or, if no action is filed by a legal | ||
representative of the estate, one or more heirs may bring the action | ||
for the benefit of all heirs and the estate of the injured person. | ||
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, 2015. |