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               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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               AN ACT
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            relating to the decision of a court of appeals not to accept certain  | 
         
         
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            interlocutory appeals. | 
         
         
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                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 1.  Section 51.014, Civil Practice and Remedies  | 
         
         
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            Code, is amended by adding Subsections (g) and (h) to read as  | 
         
         
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            follows: | 
         
         
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                   (g)  If a court of appeals does not accept an appeal under  | 
         
         
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            Subsection (f), the court shall state in its decision the specific  | 
         
         
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            reason for finding that the appeal is not warranted under  | 
         
         
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            Subsection (d). | 
         
         
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                   (h)  The supreme court may review a decision by a court of  | 
         
         
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            appeals not to accept an appeal under Subsection (f) under an abuse  | 
         
         
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            of discretion standard. | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only  | 
         
         
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            to an application for interlocutory appeal filed on or after the  | 
         
         
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            effective date of this Act. | 
         
         
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                   SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |