Tex. Ins. Code § 541.259 · Subchapter F. CLASS ACTIONS BY ATTORNEY GENERAL OR PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL
DETERMINATION REGARDING WHETHER CLASS ACTION MAY BE MAINTAINED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) As soon as practicable after the commencement of an action brought as a class action, the court shall determine by order whether it is to be maintained as a class action under this subchapter.
(b) An order under this section may be altered or amended before a decision on the merits.
(c) An order determining whether the action may be maintained as a class action under this subchapter is an interlocutory order that is appealable. The procedures applicable to accelerated appeals in the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure apply to the appeal.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.541.htm
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