Sec. 541.262.  PROCEDURES IN CLASS ACTION.  In a class action under this subchapter, the court may make appropriate orders:
(1)  determining the course of proceedings or prescribing measures to prevent undue repetition or complication in the presentation of evidence or argument;
(2)  requiring, for the protection of the members of the class or otherwise for the fair conduct of the action, that notice be given in a manner the court directs to some or all of the members or the attorney general of:
(A)  any step in the action;
(B)  the proposed extent of the judgment;  or
(C)  the opportunity for members to:
(i)  signify whether the members consider the representation to be fair and adequate;
(ii)  intervene and present claims or defenses;  or
(iii)  otherwise come into the action;
(3)  imposing conditions on the representative parties or intervenors;
(4)  requiring that the pleadings be amended to eliminate allegations relating to representation of absent persons, and that the action proceed accordingly;  or
(5)  dealing with similar procedural matters.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.