Tex. Ins. Code § 1551.361 · Subchapter H. SANCTIONS AND ADJUDICATION OF CLAIMS
DILIGENT PROSECUTION OF SUIT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The plaintiff shall prosecute with reasonable diligence any suit brought under Section 1551.359. If the plaintiff does not secure proper service of process or does not prosecute the suit within one year after it is filed, the court shall presume that the suit has been abandoned. The court shall dismiss the suit on a motion for dismissal made on or behalf of the Employees Retirement System of Texas, unless the plaintiff, after receiving appropriate notice, shows good cause for the delay.
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History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 347 (S.B. 1176), Sec. 31, eff. September 1, 2005.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1551.htm
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