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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the applicability of a statute of limitations to |
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certain actions to enforce a right or remedy provided by the Texas |
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Constitution. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 16.051, Civil Practice and Remedies |
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Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 16.051. RESIDUAL LIMITATIONS PERIOD. Every action for |
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which there is no express limitations period, except an action for |
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the recovery of real property and an action to enforce a right or |
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remedy provided by Section 50(a)(6), Article XVI, Texas |
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Constitution, must be brought not later than four years after the |
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day the cause of action accrues. |
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SECTION 2. The amendment by this Act of Section 16.051, |
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Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is intended to clarify rather |
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than change existing law. An action to enforce a right or remedy |
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provided by Section 50(a)(6), Article XVI, Texas Constitution, is |
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not time barred regardless of when the cause of action accrued and |
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may be brought on or after the effective date of this Act |
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notwithstanding any application of a statute of limitations to an |
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action filed before the effective date of this Act asserting the |
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same cause of action. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |