Tex. Elec. Code § 273.082 · Subchapter E. INJUNCTION OR RESTRAINING ORDER
TEMPORARY RESTRAINING ORDER; NOTICE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) As soon as practicable before a hearing in an action under this code seeking a temporary restraining order, a court must electronically notify the attorney general of the hearing at the e-mail address designated under Subsection (e).
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a court may not hold a hearing described by Subsection (a) sooner than one hour after the court provides notice to the attorney general under Subsection (a).
(c) The attorney general may, after receiving notice under Subsection (a), waive the requirement of Subsection (b).
(d) A court shall allow the attorney general to participate remotely in a hearing in an action under this code seeking a temporary restraining order, using any reasonably available method.
(e) The attorney general shall designate an e-mail address at which to receive a notice under this section.
(f) A temporary restraining order issued in violation of this section is void and unenforceable.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1136 (S.B. 509), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.273.htm
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