Tex. Health & Safety Code § 171A.106 · Subchapter C. QUI TAM ENFORCEMENT OF PROHIBITIONS RELATING TO ABORTION-INDUCING DRUGS
JURISDICTION; APPLICABILITY OF STATE LAW.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, including Subchapter C, Chapter 17, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, the courts of this state have personal jurisdiction over a defendant sued under Section 171A.101 to the maximum extent permitted by the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, and the defendant may be served outside this state.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the law of this state applies to an action brought under Section 171A.101 to the maximum extent permitted by the Texas Constitution and federal law, including the United States Constitution.
(c) Notwithstanding any other law, any contractual provision that requires or purports to require application of the laws of a different jurisdiction, or that requires or purports to require a qui tam action under Section 171A.101 to be litigated in a particular forum, is void based on this state's public policy and is not enforceable in any court.
(d) Notwithstanding any other law, Chapter 27, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, does not apply to an action brought under Section 171A.101.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 5 (H.B. 7), Sec. 2, eff. December 4, 2025.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.171A.htm
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Civil Practice and Remedies Code
- Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code ch. 17, subch. CLONG-ARM JURISDICTION IN SUIT ON BUSINESS TRANSACTION OR TORTPrinted as Subchapter C, Chapter 17, Civil Practice and Remedies Code
- Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code ch. 27ACTIONS INVOLVING THE EXERCISE OF CERTAIN CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTSPrinted as Chapter 27, Civil Practice and Remedies Code
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