Sec. 1101.605. DEADLINE FOR ACTION; NOTICE TO COMMISSION. (a) An action for a judgment that may result in an order for payment from the trust account may not be brought after the second anniversary of the date the cause of action accrues.
(b) When an aggrieved person brings an action for a judgment that may result in an agreed judgment and order for payment from the trust account, the aggrieved person and the license or certificate holder against whom the action is brought shall notify the commission in writing before entry of the agreed judgment and deliver a copy of all petitions and pleadings and the proposed agreed judgment to the commission. The commission will notify the parties not later than the 30th day after the date of receiving the documents if the commission intends to relitigate material and relevant issues as to the applicability of the trust account to the agreed judgment as provided by Section 1101.608.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 2, eff. June 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1158 (S.B. 699), Sec. 62, eff. January 1, 2016.