By Gallego H.B. No. 785
75R603 DLF-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to venue in a suit against a political subdivision.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 15.015, Civil Practice and Remedies Code,
1-5 is amended to read as follows:
1-6 Sec. 15.015. POLITICAL SUBDIVISIONS [COUNTIES]. (a) Except
1-7 as provided by a law not contained in this chapter, an [An] action
1-8 against a political subdivision [county] shall be brought in the
1-9 [that] county in which the political subdivision is located. If
1-10 the political subdivision is located in more than one county, the
1-11 action shall be brought in any county in which the political
1-12 subdivision is located.
1-13 (b) In this section, "political subdivision" means a
1-14 governmental entity in the state that is not a state agency and
1-15 includes a county, municipality, school or junior college district,
1-16 hospital district, or any other special purpose district or
1-17 authority.
1-18 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
1-19 SECTION 3. This Act applies only to a suit that is commenced
1-20 on or after the effective date of this Act. A suit that is
1-21 commenced before the effective date of this Act is governed by the
1-22 law applicable to the suit immediately before the effective date of
1-23 this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-24 SECTION 4. 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.