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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to civil liability for selling or serving alcoholic |
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beverages. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 33.002(c), Civil Practice and Remedies |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(c) This chapter does not apply to: |
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(1) an action to collect workers' compensation |
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benefits under the workers' compensation laws of this state |
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(Subtitle A, Title 5, Labor Code) or actions against an employer |
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for exemplary damages arising out of the death of an employee; |
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(2) a claim for exemplary damages included in an |
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action to which this chapter otherwise applies; [or] |
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(3) a cause of action for damages arising from the |
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manufacture of methamphetamine as described by Chapter 99; or |
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(4) an action under Chapter 2, Alcoholic Beverage |
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Code. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a cause of action that accrues on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. A cause of action that accrues before the effective date |
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of this Act is governed by the law in effect immediately before the |
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effective date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for |
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that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |