Tex. Gov't Code § 74.162 · Subchapter H. JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
TRANSFER OF CASES BY PANEL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Subject to Section 74.1625 and notwithstanding any other law, the judicial panel on multidistrict litigation may transfer civil actions involving one or more common questions of fact pending in the same or different constitutional courts, county courts at law, probate courts, district courts, or the business court to any district court or to the business court if the business court has jurisdiction for consolidated or coordinated pretrial proceedings, including summary judgment or other dispositive motions, but not for trial on the merits. A transfer may be made by the judicial panel on multidistrict litigation on its determination that the transfer will:
(1) be for the convenience of the parties and witnesses; and
(2) promote the just and efficient conduct of the actions.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 204, Sec. 3.02, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 397 (S.B. 827), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 912 (H.B. 40), Sec. 67, eff. September 1, 2025.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.74.htm
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