79R3555 HLT-D

By:  Duncan                                                       S.B. No. 294



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to procedures relating to the doctrine of forum non 
conveniens in a civil cause of action.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 71.051(f), Civil Practice and Remedies 
Code, is repealed.
	SECTION 2.  This Act applies only to an action filed on or 
after the effective date of this Act. An action filed before the 
effective date of this Act, including an action filed before that 
date in which a party is joined or designated after that date, is 
governed by the law in effect immediately before the change in law 
made by this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that 
purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.