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TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 152.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 7 - Alternate Methods of Dispute Resolution|Chapter 152 - Alternative Dispute Resolution System Established by Counties|Section 152.001. Definition

Sec. 152.001.  DEFINITION.  In this chapter, "alternative dispute resolution system" means an informal forum in which mediation, conciliation, or arbitration is used to resolve disputes among individuals, entities, and units of government, including those having an ongoing relationship such as relatives, neighbors, landlords and tenants, employees and employers, and merchants and consumers.|Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 3.16(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1090 (S.B. 1271), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 152.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 7 - Alternate Methods of Dispute Resolution|Chapter 152 - Alternative Dispute Resolution System Established by Counties|Section 152.002. Establishment

Sec. 152.002.  ESTABLISHMENT.  (a)  The commissioners court of a county by order may establish an alternative dispute resolution system for the peaceable and expeditious resolution of disputes.(b)  The commissioners court may do all necessary acts to make the alternative dispute resolution system effective, including:(1)  contracting with a private nonprofit corporation, a political subdivision, a public corporation, or a combination of these entities for the purpose of administering the system;(2)  making reasonable rules relating to the system, including rules specifying whether criminal cases may be referred to the system; and(3)  vesting management of the system in a committee selected by the county bar association.(c)  The actions of a committee authorized by Subsection (b)(3) are subject to the approval of the commissioners court.|Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 3.16(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1090 (S.B. 1271), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2011.Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 781 (S.B. 1237), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 152.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 7 - Alternate Methods of Dispute Resolution|Chapter 152 - Alternative Dispute Resolution System Established by Counties|Section 152.003. Referral of Cases

Sec. 152.003.  REFERRAL OF CASES.  (a)  A judge of a district court, county court, statutory county court, probate court, or justice of the peace court in a county in which an alternative dispute resolution system has been established may, on motion of a party or on the judge's or justice's own motion, refer a civil or, if the system accepts criminal cases and on the request of an attorney representing the state, a criminal case to the system regardless of whether the defendant in the criminal case has been formally charged.  Referral under this section does not prejudice the case.(b)  Before requesting a referral of a criminal case under this section, an attorney representing the state must obtain the consent of the victim and the defendant to the referral.(c)  A criminal case may not be referred to the system if the defendant is charged with or convicted of an offense listed in Article 42A.054(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, or convicted of an offense, the judgment for which contains an affirmative finding under Article 42A.054(c) or (d), Code of Criminal Procedure.|Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 3.16(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 509, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 781 (S.B. 1237), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 770 (H.B. 2299), Sec. 2.03, eff. January 1, 2017.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 152.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 7 - Alternate Methods of Dispute Resolution|Chapter 152 - Alternative Dispute Resolution System Established by Counties|Section 152.006. Fee for Alternative Dispute Resolution Centers

Sec. 152.006.  FEE FOR ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION CENTERS.  An entity described by Section 152.002(a) or (b)(1) that provides services for the resolution of disputes may collect a reasonable fee set by the commissioners court.|Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1192 (H.B. 282), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2005.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1163 (H.B. 2702), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2011.Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 781 (S.B. 1237), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 152.007 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 7 - Alternate Methods of Dispute Resolution|Chapter 152 - Alternative Dispute Resolution System Established by Counties|Section 152.007. Participant Fee for Criminal Dispute Resolution

Sec. 152.007.  PARTICIPANT FEE FOR CRIMINAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION.  (a)  An entity that provides services for the resolution of criminal disputes under this chapter may collect a reasonable fee set by the commissioners court from a person who receives the services, not to exceed $350, except that a fee may not be collected from an alleged victim of the crime.(b)  Fees collected under this section may be paid on a periodic basis or on a deferred payment schedule at the discretion of the judge, magistrate, or program director administering the pretrial victim-offender mediation program.  The fees must be based on the defendant's ability to pay.|Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 781 (S.B. 1237), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2013.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 155.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 7 - Alternate Methods of Dispute Resolution|Chapter 155 - Settlement Weeks|Section 155.001. Settlement Weeks Required

Sec. 155.001.  SETTLEMENT WEEKS REQUIRED.  In every county with a population of 150,000 or greater there shall be a settlement week during law week and judicial conference week each year or during any other two weeks as the administrative judge of each judicial district may designate.  During these weeks the district courts, constitutional and statutory county courts, and the family law courts will facilitate the voluntary settlement of civil and family law cases.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1211, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 5.005, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 155.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 7 - Alternate Methods of Dispute Resolution|Chapter 155 - Settlement Weeks|Section 155.002. Settlement Week Committee

Sec. 155.002.  SETTLEMENT WEEK COMMITTEE.  The administrative judge of each judicial district shall appoint a committee of attorneys and lay persons to effectuate each settlement week.  The committee may include the director of any established mediation or alternative dispute resolution center in the county and the chairperson of the local bar association's committee on alternative dispute resolution.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1211, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 5.006, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 155.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 7 - Alternate Methods of Dispute Resolution|Chapter 155 - Settlement Weeks|Section 155.003. Attorney to Serve as Mediator

Sec. 155.003.  ATTORNEY TO SERVE AS MEDIATOR.  Any attorney currently licensed in the state may serve as mediator during the settlement weeks under such terms and conditions and with such training as may be determined by the administrative judge of the judicial district.  Any such attorney so appointed by the court must meet the qualifications and will be governed by the rules of conduct set forth in Sections 154.052 and 154.053.  Any attorney so requested by the administrative judge of the judicial district shall serve as a mediator during the settlement weeks.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1211, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 5.007, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 155.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 7 - Alternate Methods of Dispute Resolution|Chapter 155 - Settlement Weeks|Section 155.004. Application of Certain Alternate Dispute Resolution Procedures

Sec. 155.004.  APPLICATION OF CERTAIN ALTERNATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION PROCEDURES.  The provisions of Sections 154.021 through 154.023, 154.053, 154.054, and 154.071 through 154.073 shall apply to parties and mediators participating in settlement weeks held under this chapter.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1211, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 5.008, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 155.005 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 7 - Alternate Methods of Dispute Resolution|Chapter 155 - Settlement Weeks|Section 155.005. Authority of Court

Sec. 155.005.  AUTHORITY OF COURT.  Each court participating in settlement weeks under this chapter shall have the authority to make orders needed, consistent with existing law, to implement settlement weeks and ensure any party's good faith participation.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1211, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 5.009, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 155.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 7 - Alternate Methods of Dispute Resolution|Chapter 155 - Settlement Weeks|Section 155.006. Funding; Cooperation With Other Organizations

Sec. 155.006.  FUNDING; COOPERATION WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.  The administrative judge may use any available funding from funds regularly used for court administration to carry out the purpose and intent of this chapter.  The administrative judge shall cooperate with the director of any established mediation or alternative dispute resolution center, the local bar, and other organizations to encourage participation and to develop public awareness of settlement weeks.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1211, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 5.010, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 173.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 7 - Alternate Methods of Dispute Resolution|Chapter 173 - Arbitration of Controversies Between Members of Certain Nonprofit Entities|Section 173.001. Purpose

Sec. 173.001.  PURPOSE.  The purpose of this chapter is to abrogate the common law arbitration rule prohibiting specific enforcement of executory arbitration agreements.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 5.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 173.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 7 - Alternate Methods of Dispute Resolution|Chapter 173 - Arbitration of Controversies Between Members of Certain Nonprofit Entities|Section 173.002. Scope of Chapter

Sec. 173.002.  SCOPE OF CHAPTER.  This chapter applies only to the arbitration of a controversy between members of an association or corporation that is:(1)  exempt from the payment of federal income taxes under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 by being listed as an exempt organization under Section 501(c) of the code;  or(2)  incorporated under the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act (Article 1396-1.01 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes).|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 5.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 173.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 7 - Alternate Methods of Dispute Resolution|Chapter 173 - Arbitration of Controversies Between Members of Certain Nonprofit Entities|Section 173.003. Agreement or Bylaw Provision Valid

Sec. 173.003.  AGREEMENT OR BYLAW PROVISION VALID.  (a)  A written agreement to submit a controversy to arbitration at common law is valid and enforceable if the agreement is to arbitrate a controversy that arises between the parties after the date of the agreement.(b)  A party may revoke the agreement only on a ground that exists at law or in equity for the revocation of a contract.(c)  A provision in the bylaws of a nonprofit corporation incorporated under the Texas Non-Profit Corporation Act (Article 1396-1.01 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) that requires a member of the corporation to arbitrate at common law a controversy that subsequently arises between members is a valid, enforceable, and irrevocable agreement by a member of the corporation to arbitrate the controversy.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 5.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Civ Prac & Rem Code § 173.004 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Civil Practice and Remedies Code|Title 7 - Alternate Methods of Dispute Resolution|Chapter 173 - Arbitration of Controversies Between Members of Certain Nonprofit Entities|Section 173.004. Common Law Preserved

Sec. 173.004.  COMMON LAW PRESERVED.  This chapter is cumulative of other law relating to common law arbitration.  Except as specifically provided by this chapter, this chapter does not abrogate or repeal that other law.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 5.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 1.01 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1.01. Short Title

This Act shall be known, and may be cited, as the "Code of Criminal Procedure".|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 1.02 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1.02. Effective Date

This Code shall take effect and be in force on and after January 1, 1966.  The procedure herein prescribed shall govern all criminal proceedings instituted after the effective date of this Act and all proceedings pending upon the effective date hereof insofar as are applicable.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 1.025 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1.025. Severability

If any provision of this code or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of the code that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this code are severable.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 469 (H.B. 4173), Sec. 1.01, eff. January 1, 2021.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 1.026 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1.026. Construction

The articles contained in Chapter 722 (S.B. 107), Acts of the 59th Legislature, Regular Session, 1965, as revised, rewritten, changed, combined, and codified, may not be construed as a continuation of former laws except as otherwise provided in that Act.  |Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 469 (H.B. 4173), Sec. 1.01, eff. January 1, 2021.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 1.03 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1.03. Objects of This Code

This Code is intended to embrace rules applicable to the prevention and prosecution of offenses against the laws of this State, and to make the rules of procedure in respect to the prevention and punishment of offenses intelligible to the officers who are to act under them, and to all persons whose rights are to be affected by them.  It seeks:1. To adopt measures for preventing the commission of crime;2. To exclude the offender from all hope of escape;3. To insure a trial with as little delay as is consistent with the ends of justice;4. To bring to the investigation of each offense on the trial all the evidence tending to produce conviction or acquittal;5. To insure a fair and impartial trial;  and6. The certain execution of the sentence of the law when declared.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 1.04 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1.04. Due Course of Law

No citizen of this State shall be deprived of life, liberty, property, privileges or immunities, or in any manner disfranchised, except by the due course of the law of the land.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 1.05 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1.05. Rights of Accused

In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have a speedy public trial by an impartial jury.  He shall have the right to demand the nature and cause of the accusation against him, and to have a copy thereof.  He shall not be compelled to give evidence against himself.  He shall have the right of being heard by himself, or counsel, or both;  shall be confronted with the witnesses against him, and shall have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor.  No person shall be held to answer for a felony unless on indictment of a grand jury.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 1.052 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1.052. Signed Pleadings of Defendant

(a)  A pleading, motion, and other paper filed for or on behalf of a defendant represented by an attorney must be signed by at least one attorney of record in the attorney's name and state the attorney's address.  A defendant who is not represented by an attorney must sign any pleading, motion, or other paper filed for or on the defendant's behalf and state the defendant's address.(b) The signature of an attorney or a defendant constitutes a certificate by the attorney or defendant that the person has read the pleading, motion, or other paper and that to the best of the person's knowledge, information, and belief formed after reasonable inquiry that the instrument is not groundless and brought in bad faith or groundless and brought for harassment, unnecessary delay, or other improper purpose.(c) If a pleading, motion, or other paper is not signed, the court shall strike it unless it is signed promptly after the omission is called to the attention of the attorney or defendant.(d) An attorney or defendant who files a fictitious pleading in a cause for an improper purpose described by Subsection (b) or who makes a statement in a pleading that the attorney or defendant knows to be groundless and false to obtain a delay of the trial of the cause or for the purpose of harassment shall be held guilty of contempt.(e) If a pleading, motion, or other paper is signed in violation of this article, the court, on motion or on its own initiative, after notice and hearing, shall impose an appropriate sanction, which may include an order to pay to the other party or parties to the prosecution or to the general fund of the county in which the pleading, motion, or other paper was filed the amount of reasonable expenses incurred because of the filing of the pleading, motion, or other paper, including reasonable attorney's fees.(f) A court shall presume that a pleading, motion, or other paper is filed in good faith.  Sanctions under this article may not be imposed except for good cause stated in the sanction order.(g) A plea of "not guilty" or "no contest" or "nolo contendere" does not constitute a violation of this article.  An allegation that an event took place or occurred on or about a particular date does not constitute a violation of this article.(h) In this article, "groundless" means without basis in law or fact and not warranted by a good faith argument for the extension, modification, or reversal of existing law.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 189, Sec. 11, eff. May 21, 1997.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 1.053 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1.053. Present Ability to Pay

Except as otherwise specifically provided, in determining a defendant's ability to pay for any purpose, the court shall consider only the defendant's present ability to pay.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1352 (S.B. 346), Sec. 3.01, eff. January 1, 2020.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 1.06 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1.06. Searches and Seizures

The people shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers and possessions from all unreasonable seizures or searches.  No warrant to search any place or to seize any person or thing shall issue without describing them as near as may be, nor without probable cause supported by oath or affirmation.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 1.07 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1.07. Right to Bail

Any person shall be eligible for bail unless denial of bail is expressly permitted by the Texas Constitution or by other law.  This provision may not be construed to prevent bail after indictment found upon examination of the evidence, in such manner as may be prescribed by law.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 11 (S.B. 6), Sec. 2, eff. January 1, 2022.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 1.08 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1.08. Habeas Corpus

The writ of habeas corpus is a writ of right and shall never be suspended.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 1.09 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1.09. Cruelty Forbidden

Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel or unusual punishment inflicted.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 1.10 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1.10. Jeopardy

No person for the same offense shall be twice put in jeopardy of life or liberty;  nor shall a person be again put upon trial for the same offense, after a verdict of not guilty in a court of competent jurisdiction.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 1.11 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1.11. Acquittal a Bar

An acquittal of the defendant exempts him from a second trial or a second prosecution for the same offense, however irregular the proceedings may have been;  but if the defendant shall have been acquitted upon trial in a court having no jurisdiction of the offense, he may be prosecuted again in a court having jurisdiction.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 1.12 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 1 - General Provisions|Article 1.12. Right to Jury

The right of trial by jury shall remain inviolate.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|