By Thompson H.B. No. 1141 76R4887 MLS-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to public access to the names and addresses of parties in 1-3 civil actions. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 30.015(a), Civil Practice and Remedies 1-6 Code, is amended to read as follows: 1-7 (a) In a civil action filed in a district court, county 1-8 court, statutory county court, or statutory probate court, each 1-9 party or the party's attorney must provide the clerk of the court 1-10 with written notice of the party's name and current residence or 1-11 business address. 1-12 SECTION 2. Section 30.015(g), Civil Practice and Remedies 1-13 Code, is repealed. 1-14 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999, and 1-15 applies only to suits filed on or after the effective date of this 1-16 Act. A suit filed before the effective date of this Act is 1-17 governed by the law in effect when the suit was filed, and that law 1-18 is continued in effect for that purpose. 1-19 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 1-20 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-21 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-22 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-23 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.