Texas Business & Commerce Code

§ 17.501 — CONSUMER PROTECTION DIVISION PARTICIPATION IN CLASS ACTION

BC § 17.501Title 2. COMPETITION AND TRADE PRACTICES · Ch. 17. DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES · Art. E. DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

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(a)A consumer filing an action under Section 17.50 that is to be maintained as a class action shall send to the consumer protection division:

(1)a copy of the notice required by Section 17.505(a), by registered or certified mail, at the same time the notice is given to the person complained against; and

(2)a copy of the petition in the action not later than the earlier of:

(A)the 30th day after the date the petition is filed; or

(B)the 10th day before the date of any hearing on class certification or a proposed settlement.

(b)The court shall abate the action for 60 days if the court finds that notice was not provided to the consumer protection division as required by Subsection (a).

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 360, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.