Bill Text: TX HB617 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to discovery procedures for a claim against a governmental entity under the Texas Tort Claims Act.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-18 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB617 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB617-Introduced.html
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| By: Dutton | H.B. No. 617 | |
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| relating to discovery procedures for a claim against a governmental | ||
| entity under the Texas Tort Claims Act. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 101, Civil Practice and | ||
| Remedies Code, is amended by adding Section 101.110 to read as | ||
| follows: | ||
| Sec. 101.110. DISCOVERY RELATING TO PLEA TO JURISDICTION. | ||
| The supreme court shall adopt rules under which a claimant under | ||
| this chapter may, if the defendant asserts a plea to the | ||
| jurisdiction, obtain reasonable discovery to investigate whether | ||
| circumstances exist that would confer jurisdiction on the court. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
