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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