Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 140A.109 · Subchapter C. ENFORCEMENT
ABATEMENT OF SUIT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
If the district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney with felony criminal jurisdiction determines that a suit brought under this chapter would interfere with an ongoing criminal investigation or prosecution after notifying the attorney general of the investigation or prosecution under Section 140A.108, the district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney with felony criminal jurisdiction may request, in writing, that the attorney general abate the suit. On receipt of this request, the attorney general shall abate the suit.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1066 (H.B. 3241), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.
Redesignated from Civil Practice and Remedies Code, Chapter 140 by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1236 (S.B. 1296), Sec. 21.001(5), eff. September 1, 2015.
Redesignated and amended by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1236, Sec. 21.002(3), eff. September 1, 2015.
Transferred, redesignated and amended from Civil Practice and Remedies Code, Section 140A.011 by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 685 (H.B. 29), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2017.
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