Bill Text: TX HB3879 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
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Bill Title: Relating to nonlawyer representation in an appeal of an eviction suit.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB3879 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3879-Comm_Sub.html
Bill Title: Relating to nonlawyer representation in an appeal of an eviction suit.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB3879 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3879-Comm_Sub.html
By: Goldman (Senate Sponsor - Hancock) | H.B. No. 3879 | |
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 5, 2017; | ||
May 10, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Business & | ||
Commerce; May 22, 2017, reported adversely, with favorable | ||
Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 1; | ||
May 22, 2017, sent to printer.) | ||
COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 3879 | By: Estes |
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relating to nonlawyer representation in an appeal of an eviction | ||
suit. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 24.011, Property Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 24.011. NONLAWYER REPRESENTATION. (a) In eviction | ||
suits in justice court for nonpayment of rent or holding over beyond | ||
a rental term, the parties may represent themselves or be | ||
represented by their authorized agents, who need not be attorneys. | ||
In any eviction suit in justice court, an authorized agent | ||
requesting or obtaining a default judgment need not be an attorney. | ||
(b) In an appeal of an eviction suit for nonpayment of rent | ||
in a county or district court, the parties may represent | ||
themselves, or a party may be represented by the party's authorized | ||
agent, who need not be an attorney, including, if the party is a | ||
corporation or other entity, by an employee, owner, officer, or | ||
partner of the entity, who need not be an attorney. | ||
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to an appeal taken on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
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