1-1 By: Brown S.B. No. 545
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed February 6, 2001; February 7, 2001,
1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
1-4 March 26, 2001, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
1-5 Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; March 26, 2001,
1-6 sent to printer.)
1-7 COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 545 By: Shapleigh
1-8 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-9 AN ACT
1-10 relating to the venue for a suit to recover damages to a road or
1-11 highway caused by operating an overweight vehicle and transporting
1-12 oversize or overweight commodities.
1-13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-14 SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 623.016, Transportation
1-15 Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-16 (c) Venue for a suit by a county is in district court in:
1-17 (1) the county in which the defendant resides;
1-18 (2) the county in which the defendant has its
1-19 principal place of business in this state [if the defendant is a
1-20 corporation or partnership]; or
1-21 (3) the county in which the damage occurred [if the
1-22 defendant is a corporation or partnership that does not have a
1-23 principal place of business in this state].
1-24 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
1-25 (b) The change in law made by this Act to Section 623.016,
1-26 Transportation Code, applies only to a suit by a county to recover
1-27 on a bond or letter of credit under that section that is filed on
1-28 or after September 1, 2001.
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