78R5743 AJA-F

By:  Hope                                                         H.B. No. 2949



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to agreements that waive the right to demand a jury trial.           
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 30, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is 
amended by adding Section 30.006 to read as follows:
	Sec. 30.006.  WAIVER OF RIGHT TO DEMAND JURY TRIAL.  A 
written agreement in which a person waives the person's right to 
demand a jury trial must contain the following statement in bold, 
underlined, capitalized, 16-point type:
	"BY ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT YOU ARE WAIVING YOUR RIGHT 
TO DEMAND A JURY TRIAL.  THE LAW DOES NOT REQUIRE THAT YOU WAIVE THIS 
RIGHT."
	SECTION 2.  This Act applies only to a written agreement 
entered into on or after the effective date of this Act.  A written 
agreement entered into before the effective date of this Act is 
governed by the law in effect immediately before that date, and that 
law is continued in effect for that purpose.