Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 30.0035 · Chapter 30. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
PERSONAL SERVICE OF PROCESS DURING LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDING PROHIBITED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A person may not serve citation or other civil process in person on a member, officer, or employee of the senate or house of representatives during any legislative proceeding. A court shall quash any service made in violation of this section. The supreme court shall revoke the certification of a process server who violates this section.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 861 (H.B. 3474), Sec. 19.001, eff. September 1, 2023.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 7 (H.B. 16), Sec. 12.02, eff. December 4, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.30.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 748fa45049daf836fdd057c2631671cbde4f52ab0ef77348976dae3b5bc6cdaf
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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