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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to requiring courts to report the number of frivolous |
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lawsuits filed each year. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 10, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 10.007 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 10.007. NOTICE TO OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION; |
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DISSEMINATION OF LIST. (a) A clerk of a court shall provide the |
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Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System a copy |
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of any signed pleading or motion that a court has determined to |
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constitute conduct violating Section 10.001. |
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(b) The Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial |
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System shall maintain a list of litigants signing frivolous |
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pleadings or motions in violation of Section 10.001 and shall |
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annually send the list to the general counsel of the State Bar of |
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Texas, who may use the information to determine whether an attorney |
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involved in conduct violating Section 10.001 is subject to |
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discipline by the state bar. |
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SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a pleading or a motion |
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in an action commenced on or after the effective date of this Act. A |
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pleading or motion in an action commenced before the effective date |
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of this Act is governed by the law applicable to the pleading or |
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motion immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that |
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law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |