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AN ACT
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relating to the service of civil process on an inmate of the Texas |
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Department of Criminal Justice. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 17, Civil Practice and |
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Remedies Code, is amended by adding Section 17.029 to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 17.029. SERVICE ON INMATE OF TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF |
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE. (a) In this section, "inmate" means a person |
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confined in a facility operated by or under contract with the Texas |
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Department of Criminal Justice. |
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(b) In a civil action against an inmate, citation or other |
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civil process may be served on the inmate by serving a person |
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designated under Subsection (c) as an agent for service of civil |
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process. |
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(c) The warden of each facility operated by or under |
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contract with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall |
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designate an employee at the facility to serve as an agent for |
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service of civil process on inmates confined in the facility. |
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(d) An employee designated under Subsection (c) as an agent |
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for service of civil process shall promptly deliver any civil |
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process served on the employee to the appropriate inmate. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2011, the warden of |
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each facility operated by or under contract with the Texas |
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Department of Criminal Justice shall designate an employee at the |
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facility to serve as an agent for service of civil process as |
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required by Section 17.029, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, as |
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added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1381 was passed by the House on April |
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21, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1381 was passed by the Senate on May |
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19, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0 |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |