Bill Summary – FastDemocracy

         
            88R8280 MZM-F
         
		By: Smithee
            H.B. No. 1561
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            relating to the decision of a court of appeals not to accept certain 
         
            interlocutory appeals.
         
                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                   SECTION 1.  Section 51.014, Civil Practice and Remedies 
         
            Code, is amended by adding Subsections (g) and (h) to read as 
         
            follows:
         
                   (g)  If a court of appeals does not accept an appeal under 
         
            Subsection (f), the court shall state in its decision the specific 
         
            reason for finding that the appeal is not warranted under 
         
            Subsection (d).
         
                   (h)  The supreme court may review a decision by a court of 
         
            appeals not to accept an appeal under Subsection (f) under an abuse 
         
            of discretion standard.
         
                   SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only 
         
            to an application for interlocutory appeal filed on or after the 
         
            effective date of this Act.
         
                   SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: Civil Practice and Remedies Code 51.014 (Civil Practice and Remedies Code 51)
House Committee Report: Civil Practice and Remedies Code 51.014 (Civil Practice and Remedies Code 51)



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