80R1161 CAE-D
 
  By: Dutton H.B. No. 813
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to discovery procedures for a claim against a governmental
entity under the Texas Tort Claims Act.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 101, Civil Practice and
Remedies Code, is amended by adding Section 101.110 to read as
follows:
       Sec. 101.110.  DISCOVERY RELATING TO PLEA TO JURISDICTION.
The supreme court shall adopt rules under which a claimant under
this chapter may, if the defendant asserts a plea to the
jurisdiction, obtain reasonable discovery to investigate whether
circumstances exist that would confer jurisdiction on the court.
       SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.