1-1 By: Bernsen S.B. No. 1632
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed March 9, 2001; March 14, 2001, read
1-3 first time and referred to Committee on Intergovernmental
1-4 Relations; April 19, 2001, reported favorably by the following
1-5 vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 19, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to municipalities that are exempt from giving security for
1-9 court costs.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Section 6.002, Civil Practice and
1-12 Remedies Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-13 (b) A [home-rule] municipality may institute and prosecute
1-14 suits without giving security for cost and may appeal from judgment
1-15 without giving supersedeas or cost bond.
1-16 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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