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House Bill 1761 |
House Author: Smithee |
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Effective: 9-1-17 |
Senate Sponsor: Hughes |
House Bill 1761 amends the Government Code to remove the specific references to the types of cases in which the Supreme Court of Texas has appellate jurisdiction, to repeal certain limitations on the statutory jurisdiction of the court, and to instead provide that the court has appellate jurisdiction of all appealable orders or judgments of the trial courts if the court determines that the appeal presents a question of law important to the jurisprudence of Texas. The bill, among other provisions, replaces an application for writ of error with a petition for review as the method by which a case is admitted or denied admission into the supreme court.