TO: | Honorable Joe Nixon, Chair, House Committee on Civil Practices |
FROM: | John S. O'Brien, Deputy Director, Legislative Budget Board |
IN RE: | HB2989 by Nixon (Relating to the applicability of limitations provisions for governmental entities.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted |
The bill would amend the Civil Practice and Remedies Code to require the state and political subdivisions to abide by statutory limitation periods for taking civil actions in court. The bill would take effect September 1, 2005 and would apply only to a cause of action that accrues on or after that date.
Under current statute, governmental entities are not barred from bringing actions that would otherwise be barred by statutes of limitations.
The Office of Attorney General anticipates any additional work resulting from the passage of the bill could be reasonably absorbed using current resources.
Source Agencies: | 302 Office of the Attorney General
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LBB Staff: | JOB, JB, DLBa
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