Sec. 541.259.  DETERMINATION REGARDING WHETHER CLASS ACTION MAY BE MAINTAINED.  (a)  As soon as practicable after the commencement of an action brought as a class action, the court shall determine by order whether it is to be maintained as a class action under this subchapter.
(b)  An order under this section may be altered or amended before a decision on the merits.
(c)  An order determining whether the action may be maintained as a class action under this subchapter is an interlocutory order that is appealable.  The procedures applicable to accelerated appeals in the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure apply to the appeal.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.