Opinion ID: 1579981
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Heading: DAVID McDAVID NISSAN, INC.

Text: Today, in David McDavid Nissan, we held that section 3.01's current version constitutionally retroactively applied to the pending claims a licensed motor vehicle dealer had raised against a manufacturer. David McDavid Nissan, 84 S.W.3d at 218. We explained that this jurisdictional provision is procedural and remedial and did not affect a vested right. David McDavid Nissan, 84 S.W.3d at 219 (citing Landgraf v. USI Film Prods., 511 U.S. 244, 273, 114 S.Ct. 1483 (1994); Baker Hughes, Inc. v. Keco, R & D, Inc., 12 S.W.3d 1, 4 (Tex. 1999); City of Tyler v. Likes, 962 S.W.2d 489, 502 (Tex.1997); Ex parte Abell, 613 S.W.2d 255, 260 (Tex.1981); McCain v. Yost, 155 Tex. 174, 284 S.W.2d 898, 900 (1955); Middleton v. Texas Power & Light Co., 108 Tex. 96, 185 S.W. 556, 560 (1916); Blonstein v. Blonstein, 831 S.W.2d 468, 472 (Tex.App.-Houston [14th Dist.] 1992, writ denied); Southwestern Bell Tel. Co. v. City of Kountze, 543 S.W.2d 871, 874-75 (Tex.Civ.App.-Beaumont 1976, no writ)).
Furthermore, in David McDavid Nissan, we explained the significant differences between the primary and exclusive jurisdiction doctrines. David McDavid Nissan, 84 S.W.3d at 218. We held that, unlike its former version, section 3.01(a)'s current version expressly confers exclusive jurisdiction on the Board to initially determine issues or claims that the Code governs. David McDavid Nissan, 84 S.W.3d at 218. We based our decision on the provision's plain language, and the Legislature's intent when it amended the provision to include the express exclusive jurisdiction language. David McDavid Nissan, 84 S.W.3d at 218. (citing Cash Am. Int'l Inc. v. Bennett, 35 S.W.3d 12, 15 (Tex.2000); Continental Coffee Prods. Co. v. Cazarez, 937 S.W.2d 444, 447 (Tex. 1996); Senate Comm. on State Affairs, Bill Analysis, Tex. H.B. 1665, 77th Leg., R.S. (2001)).
In David McDavid Nissan, we also concluded that, as applied to the motor vehicle dealer in that case, the Code did not violate the Texas Constitution's open courts provision. David McDavid Nissan, 84 S.W.3d at 227; see also Tex. Const. art. 1, § 13. We explained that the Board's exclusive jurisdiction over issues and claims the Code governsall matters derived from the Code and not the common law did not abrogate any of the motor vehicle dealer's common-law rights. David McDavid Nissan, 84 S.W.3d at 227 (citing Texas Ass'n of Bus. v. Texas Air Control Bd., 852 S.W.2d 440, 448 (Tex.1993)).