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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an exemption for school districts from security for |
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court costs and appeal bond. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 6, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 6.004 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 6.004. SCHOOL DISTRICTS EXEMPT FROM SECURITY FOR COURT |
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COSTS AND APPEAL BOND. A school district may institute and |
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prosecute suits without giving security for cost and may appeal |
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from judgment without giving supersedeas or cost bond. |
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SECTION 2. Section 6.004, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, |
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as added by this Act, applies only to a suit or appeal filed on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. A suit or appeal filed before |
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the effective date of this Act is governed by the law as it existed |
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immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |