Texas HB 45: Relating to electronic voter registration.

Bill Text

89(R) HB 45 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

  

  

  
 H.B. No. 45

  

  

  

  

 AN ACT

  

 relating to the duty of the attorney general to represent the state 

  

 in the prosecution of the criminal offense of trafficking of 

  

 persons.

  

        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

  

        SECTION 1.  Section 51.014(a), Civil Practice and Remedies 

  

 Code, is amended to read as follows:

  

        (a)  A person may appeal from an interlocutory order of a 

  

 district court, county court at law, statutory probate court, or 

  

 county court that:

  

              (1)  appoints a receiver or trustee;

  

              (2)  overrules a motion to vacate an order that 

  

 appoints a receiver or trustee;

  

              (3)  certifies or refuses to certify a class in a suit 

  

 brought under Rule 42 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure;

  

              (4)  grants or refuses a temporary injunction or grants 

  

 or overrules a motion to dissolve a temporary injunction as 

  

 provided by Chapter 65;

  

              (5)  denies a motion for summary judgment that is based 

  

 on an assertion of immunity by an individual who is an officer or 

  

 employee of the state or a political subdivision of the state;

  

              (6)  denies a motion for summary judgment that is based 

  

 in whole or in part upon a claim against or defense by a member of 

  

 the electronic or print media, acting in such capacity, or a person 

  

 whose communication appears in or is published by the electronic or 

  

 print media, arising under the free speech or free press clause of 

  

 the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, or Article 

  

 I, Section 8, of the Texas Constitution, or Chapter 73;

  

              (7)  grants or denies the special appearance of a 

  

 defendant under Rule 120a, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, except 

  

 in a suit brought under the Family Code;

  

              (8)  grants or denies a plea to the jurisdiction by a 

  

 governmental unit as that term is defined in Section 101.001;

  

              (9)  denies all or part of the relief sought by a motion 

  

 under Section 74.351(b), except that an appeal may not be taken from 

  

 an order granting an extension under Section 74.351;

  

              (10)  grants relief sought by a motion under Section 

  

 74.351(l);

  

              (11)  denies a motion to dismiss filed under Section 

  

 90.007;

  

              (12)  denies a motion to dismiss filed under Section 

  

 27.003;

  

              (13)  denies a motion for summary judgment filed by an 

  

 electric utility regarding liability in a suit subject to Section 

  

 75.0022;

  

              (14)  denies a motion filed by a municipality with a 

  

 population of 500,000 or more in an action filed under Section 

  

 54.012(6) or 214.0012, Local Government Code;

  

              (15)  makes a preliminary determination on a claim 

  

 under Section 74.353;

  

              (16)  overrules an objection filed under Section 

  

 148.003(d) or denies all or part of the relief sought by a motion 

  

 under Section 148.003(f); [or]

  

              (17)  grants