Bill Text: TX SB2051 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced


Bill Title: Relating to the provision of information to a party in an eviction suit regarding the party's right to appeal a judgment and procedures for appeal.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-21 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB2051 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB2051-Introduced.html
  88R6607 SHH-D
 
  By: Kolkhorst S.B. No. 2051
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the provision of information to a party in an eviction
  suit regarding the party's right to appeal a judgment and
  procedures for appeal.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 24, Property Code, is amended by adding
  Section 24.005105 to read as follows:
         Sec. 24.005105.  STATEMENT OF PARTIES' RIGHT TO APPEAL
  JUDGMENT OF JUSTICE COURT.  At the same time that the justice court
  renders a judgment in a suit under this chapter, the justice court
  shall provide a statement to each party to the suit:
               (1)  giving notice of the party's right to appeal the
  judgment, if any;
               (2)  explaining, as applicable, the procedure for
  appeal with respect to:
                     (A)  the payment of a deposit; or
                     (B)  the filing of an appeal bond or a statement of
  inability to pay; and
               (3)  stating that, on request of the party, the court
  will provide a form for a statement of inability to pay.
         SECTION 2.  Section 24.005105, Property Code, as added by
  this Act, applies only to a judgment of a justice court in an
  eviction suit rendered on or after the effective date of this Act,
  regardless of whether the suit was filed before, on, or after the
  effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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