By:  Gallegos                                                     S.B. No. 1425
	(In the Senate - Filed March 10, 2005; March 21, 2005, read 
first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence; 
April 14, 2005, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6, 
Nays 0; April 14, 2005, sent to printer.)


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to the filing of an affidavit of inability to pay in 
appealing a small claims court judgement.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 28.052, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
	(c)  A person determined by the court to be indigent may, in 
making an appeal under this section, file an affidavit of inability 
to pay as provided for in Rule 145, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.                           



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