Title GV, Government Code

Sec. 74.162. TRANSFER OF CASES BY PANEL. 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, …

Sec. 74.1625. PROHIBITED TRANSFER OF CASES. (a) Notwithstanding any other law, the judicial panel on multidistrict litigation may not transfer: (1) an action brought by the consumer protection division of the attorney general's office under Subchapter E, Chapter 17, Business & Co…

Sec. 74.163. OPERATION; RULES. (a) The judicial panel on multidistrict litigation must operate according to rules of practice and procedure adopted by the supreme court under Section 74.024. The rules adopted by the supreme court must: (1) allow the panel to transfer related civi…

Sec. 74.164. AUTHORITY TO PRESIDE. Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a judge who is qualified and authorized by law to preside in the court to which an action is transferred under this subchapter may preside over the transferred action as if the transferred action we…

Sec. 74.201. STAFF. A district judge who presides over multidistrict litigation involving claims for asbestos-related or silica-related injuries may appoint one briefing attorney and not more than three clerks to assist the judge. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 393 (S.B…

Sec. 74.251. APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter does not apply to: (1) a criminal matter; (2) a case in which judicial review is sought under Subchapter G, Chapter 2001; or (3) a case that has been transferred by the judicial panel on multidistrict litigation to a distr…

Sec. 74.252. RULES TO GUIDE DETERMINATION OF WHETHER CASE REQUIRES ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. (a) The supreme court shall adopt rules under which courts, presiding judges of the administrative judicial regions, and the judicial committee for additional resources may determine whether …

Sec. 74.253. JUDICIAL DETERMINATION. (a) On the motion of a party in a case, or on the court's own motion, the judge of the court in which the case is pending shall review the case and determine whether, under rules adopted by the supreme court under Section 74.252, the case will…

Sec. 74.254. JUDICIAL COMMITTEE FOR ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. (a) The judicial committee for additional resources is composed of: (1) the chief justice of the supreme court; and (2) the presiding judges of the administrative judicial regions. (b) The chief justice of the supreme cour…

Sec. 74.255. COST OF ADDITIONAL RESOURCES. The cost of additional resources provided for a case under this subchapter shall be paid by the state and may not be taxed against any party in the case for which the resources are provided or against the county in which the case is pend…

Sec. 74.256. NO STAY OR CONTINUANCE PENDING DETERMINATION. The filing of a motion under Section 74.253 in a case is not grounds for a stay or continuance of the proceedings in the case in the court in which the case is pending during the period the motion or request is being cons…

Sec. 74.257. APPELLATE REVIEW. A determination made by a trial court judge, the presiding judge of an administrative judicial region, or the judicial committee for additional resources under this subchapter is not appealable or subject to review by mandamus. Added by Acts 2011, 8…