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Senate Bill 455 |
Senate Author: Creighton |
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Effective: 9-1-15 |
House Sponsor: Schofield |
Senate Bill 455 amends the Government Code to provide for a special three-judge district court to convene, on petition of the attorney general to the chief justice of the supreme court, to hear certain suits involving a claim that challenges the finances or operations of the state’s public school system or that involves the apportionment of districts for the house of representatives, the senate, the State Board of Education, or the United States Congress, or state judicial districts. The bill establishes provisions relating to operations of the special court, the consolidation of related actions with the cause of action before a special court, the application of Texas Rules of Civil Procedure to a proceeding before a special court, and authorized actions by a judge or justice of a special court. The bill establishes the supreme court as the court of appeals for an interlocutory order or final judgment of a special court.