Bill Text: TX SB525 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a review of state laws requiring an action or proceeding to be brought in Travis County or a Travis County court.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-06 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB525 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB525-Introduced.html
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| By: Birdwell | S.B. No. 525 | |
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| relating to a review of state laws requiring an action or proceeding | ||
| to be brought in Travis County or a Travis County court. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 325, Government Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 325.0235 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 325.0235. REVIEW OF CERTAIN STATE LAWS. (a) The | ||
| commission shall review the laws of this state to identify each | ||
| statute and state agency rule that requires an action or proceeding | ||
| to be brought or considered in Travis County, a Travis County | ||
| district or statutory county court, or the Court of Appeals for the | ||
| Third Court of Appeals District. | ||
| (b) For each statute or state agency rule identified under | ||
| Subsection (a), the commission shall make recommendations on | ||
| whether: | ||
| (1) the location of the action or proceeding serves a | ||
| legitimate state purpose, other than the convenience of the state | ||
| agency, that supersedes the interests of persons required to travel | ||
| to Travis County to attend or participate in the action or | ||
| proceeding; or | ||
| (2) the identified statute or rule should be revised | ||
| to authorize an action or proceeding to be brought or considered in | ||
| another county in this state. | ||
| (c) If the commission recommends authorization of an action | ||
| or proceeding in another county under Subsection (b)(2), the | ||
| commission shall estimate any additional costs to this state that | ||
| would be incurred in implementing the revision. | ||
| (d) The commission shall: | ||
| (1) prepare a report on the statutes and state agency | ||
| rules identified under Subsection (a), the recommendations made | ||
| under Subsection (b), and the costs determined under Subsection | ||
| (c); and | ||
| (2) not later than December 1, 2018, post the report | ||
| prepared under Subdivision (1) on the commission's Internet website | ||
| and submit an electronic copy of the report to the governor, | ||
| lieutenant governor, and speaker of the house of representatives. | ||
| (e) The Texas Legislative Council shall assist the | ||
| commission in identifying the statutes and state agency rules | ||
| described by Subsection (a). The Legislative Budget Board shall | ||
| assist the commission in estimating under Subsection (c) any | ||
| additional costs to this state that would be incurred in | ||
| implementing the recommendations made under Subsection (b)(2). | ||
| (f) This section expires September 1, 2019. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
