By: Duncan	S.B. No. 576
	(In the Senate - Filed February 14, 2013;
	February 20, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
	Jurisprudence; March 4, 2013, reported adversely, with favorable
	Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 0;
	March 4, 2013, sent to printer.)
	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 576	By:  Hancock

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the delay in the implementation of the abolishment of
	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 May 1, 2013, the Texas Supreme
	Court shall promulgate the following rules, to be effective August
	31, 2013:
	(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.
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