Bill Text: TX SB1202 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to an order to conduct mediation following an application for expedited judicial foreclosure proceedings.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-21 - Placed on General State Calendar [SB1202 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1202-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to an order to conduct mediation following an application for expedited judicial foreclosure proceedings.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2013-05-21 - Placed on General State Calendar [SB1202 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB1202-Introduced.html
83R8588 TJS-F | ||
By: West | S.B. No. 1202 |
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relating to an order to conduct mediation following an application | ||
for expedited judicial foreclosure proceedings. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 51, Property Code, is amended by adding | ||
Section 51.016 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 51.016. MEDIATION FOLLOWING APPLICATION FOR EXPEDITED | ||
FORECLOSURE. (a) Following receipt of an application for an | ||
expedited foreclosure proceeding under Rule 736.1, Texas Rules of | ||
Civil Procedure, a court may, in the court's discretion, conduct | ||
hearings or order the parties to mediate the dispute. If the | ||
parties are unable to agree on the appointment of a mediator, the | ||
court may appoint a mediator. | ||
(b) Notwithstanding Section 22.004, Government Code, the | ||
supreme court may not amend or adopt rules in conflict with this | ||
section. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |