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Tex. Gov't Code § 3002.109

JURISDICTION

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 20 (S.B. 8), Sec. 2, eff

(a) Notwithstanding any other law, including Chapter 37, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, and Sections 22.002, 22.221, 24.007, 24.008, 24.009, 24.010, and 24.011 of this code, a court of this state does not have jurisdiction to consider and may not award declaratory or injunctive relief, or any type of writ, including a writ of prohibition, that would:

(1) pronounce any provision or application of this chapter invalid or unconstitutional; or

(2) restrain this state, a political subdivision, an officer, employee, or agent of this state or a political subdivision, or any other person from:

(A) enforcing any provision or application of this chapter; or

(B) hearing, adjudicating, docketing, or filing a civil action brought under this chapter.

(b) Notwithstanding any other law, including Chapter 26, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, and Rule 42, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, a court may not certify a claimant class or a defendant class in a civil action that seeks relief described by this section.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.