CONFLICT WITH OTHER LAW AND RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE
Applied in 18 court decisions — leading case Texas West Oaks Hospital, LP v. Williams (2012)
Most recently applied in Harvey v. Kindred Healthcare Operating, Inc. (March 2017)
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 204, Sec. 10.01, eff
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
(a) In the event of a conflict between this chapter and another law, including a rule of procedure or evidence or court rule, this chapter controls to the extent of the conflict.
(b) Notwithstanding Subsection (a), in the event of a conflict between this chapter and Section 101.023, 102.003, or 108.002, those sections of this code control to the extent of the conflict.
(c) The district courts and statutory county courts in a county may not adopt local rules in conflict with this chapter.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.