By: Gallegos S.B. No. 439
(In the Senate - Filed February 9, 2005; February 15, 2005,
read first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence;
March 14, 2005, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 5,
Nays 0; March 14, 2005, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to eviction suits in justice courts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 24.0051, Property Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) In a suit to recover possession of the premises, whether
or not unpaid rent is claimed, the citation required by Rule 739,
Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, must include the following notice
to the defendant:
FAILURE TO APPEAR FOR TRIAL MAY RESULT IN A DEFAULT JUDGMENT BEING
ENTERED AGAINST YOU.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a suit to recover possession of premises filed on or after the
effective date of this Act. A suit filed 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.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.
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