1-1 By: West S.B. No. 1419 1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2001; March 13, 2001, read 1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence; 1-4 April 3, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6, 1-5 Nays 0; April 3, 2001, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to the statute of limitations in certain civil proceedings 1-9 involving the state or other governmental entities. 1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-11 SECTION 1. Section 3.118, Business & Commerce Code, is 1-12 amended by adding Subsection (i) to read as follows: 1-13 (i) A right of action of this state or a political 1-14 subdivision of this state, including a county, an incorporated city 1-15 or town, a navigation district, a municipal utility district, a 1-16 port authority, an entity acting under Chapter 54, Transportation 1-17 Code, a school district, or an entity created under Section 52, 1-18 Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is not 1-19 barred by this section. "Navigation district" means a navigation 1-20 district organized under Section 52, Article III, or Section 59, 1-21 Article XVI, Texas Constitution. "Port authority" has the meaning 1-22 assigned by Section 60.402, Water Code. "Municipal utility 1-23 district" means a municipal utility district created under Section 1-24 52, Article III, or Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution. 1-25 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it is 1-26 enacted, as required by Section 39, Article III, Texas 1-27 Constitution, by a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to 1-28 each house. If this Act does not receive the votes required for 1-29 immediate effect, this Act takes effect on September 1, 2001. 1-30 * * * * *