H.B. No. 942
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to an exemption for school districts from security for
  court costs and appeal bond.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 6, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is
  amended by adding Section 6.004 to read as follows:
         Sec. 6.004.  SCHOOL DISTRICTS EXEMPT FROM SECURITY FOR COURT
  COSTS AND APPEAL BOND. A school district may institute and
  prosecute suits without giving security for cost and may appeal
  from judgment without giving supersedeas or cost bond.
         SECTION 2.  Section 6.004, Civil Practice and Remedies Code,
  as added by this Act, applies only to a suit or appeal filed on or
  after the effective date of this Act. A suit or appeal filed before
  the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed
  immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is
  continued in effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 942 was passed by the House on April
  6, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 141, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 942 was passed by the Senate on May
  19, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0
  .
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor