By: Brown S.B. No. 545
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the venue for a suit to recover damages to a road or
1-3 highway caused by operating an overweight vehicle and transporting
1-4 oversize or overweight commodities.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 623.016, Transportation
1-7 Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-8 (c) Venue for a suit by a county is in district court in:
1-9 (1) the county in which the defendant resides;
1-10 (2) the county in which the defendant has its
1-11 principal place of business in this state [if the defendant is a
1-12 corporation or partnership]; or
1-13 (3) the county in which the damage occurred [if the
1-14 defendant is a corporation or partnership that does not have a
1-15 principal place of business in this state].
1-16 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
1-17 (b) The change in law made by this Act to Section 623.016,
1-18 Transportation Code, applies only to a suit by a county to recover
1-19 on a bond or letter of credit under that section that is filed on
1-20 or after September 1, 2001.