TITLE: Relating to a supreme court rule, practice, or procedure.

SUMMARY: Relating to a supreme court rule, practice, or procedure.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to a supreme court rule, practice, or procedure. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 22.003, Government Code, is amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the [The] supreme court may make and enforce all necessary rules of practice and procedure, not inconsistent with the law, for the government of the supreme court and all other courts of the state to expedite the dispatch of business in those courts. (c) A rule, practice, or procedure made by the supreme court does not apply in a criminal case unless the rule, practice, or procedure has been approved by the presiding judge of the court of criminal appeals. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.