By: Wilson H.B. No. 2040
73R6621 DLF-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to a legislative continuance from appeals of certain
1-3 administrative proceedings.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 30.003, Civil Practice and Remedies Code,
1-6 is amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (g) to
1-7 read as follows:
1-8 (a) Except as provided by Subsection (g), this <This>
1-9 section applies to any criminal or civil suit, including matters of
1-10 probate, and to any matters ancillary to the suit that require
1-11 action by or the attendance of an attorney, including appeals but
1-12 excluding temporary restraining orders.
1-13 (g) This section does not apply to an appeal of a decision
1-14 made in a contested case conducted under the Administrative
1-15 Procedure and Texas Register Act (Article 6252-13a, Vernon's Texas
1-16 Civil Statutes) if the continuance is sought by a member of the
1-17 legislature who is a party to the appeal.
1-18 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993, and
1-19 applies only to an application for a continuance filed on or after
1-20 the effective date of this Act. An application for a continuance
1-21 filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law
1-22 in effect at the time the application is filed and that law is
1-23 continued in effect for that purpose.
1-24 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-1 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-2 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-3 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-4 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.