83R8205 CAE-F
 
  By: Lewis H.B. No. 1263
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the abolishment of the small claims courts.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 5.07, Chapter 3 (H.B. 79), Acts of the
  82nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, is amended to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 5.07.  Not later than August 31 [May 1], 2013, the Texas
  Supreme Court shall promulgate:
               (1)  rules to define cases that constitute small claims
  cases;
               (2)  rules of civil procedure applicable to small
  claims cases as required by Section 27.060, Government Code, as
  added by this article; and
               (3)  rules for eviction proceedings.
         SECTION 2.  Section 5.09, Chapter 3 (H.B. 79), Acts of the
  82nd Legislature, 1st Called Session, 2011, is amended to read as
  follows:
         Sec. 5.09.  Sections 5.02 and 5.06 of this article take
  effect August 31 [May 1], 2013.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2013.