Bill Text: TX HB719 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to trial by special judge of certain matters.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-02-21 - Referred to Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence [HB719 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB719-Introduced.html
82R3965 CAE-F | ||
By: Hartnett | H.B. No. 719 |
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relating to trial by special judge of certain matters. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 151.001, Civil Practice and Remedies | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 151.001. REFERRAL BY AGREEMENT. On agreement of the | ||
parties, in civil [ |
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court, statutory probate court, or statutory county court, the | ||
judge in whose court the case is pending shall [ |
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of the case as provided by this chapter and shall stay proceedings | ||
in the judge's court pending the outcome of the trial. Any or all | ||
of the issues in the cases, whether an issue of fact or law, may be | ||
referred. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 151.001, Civil Practice and Remedies | ||
Code, as amended by this Act, applies only to an agreement to refer | ||
a case to a special judge made on or after the effective date of this | ||
Act. An agreement made to refer a case to a special judge made | ||
before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in | ||
effect at the time the agreement was made, and that law is continued | ||
in effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |