85R6753 CAE-F     By: Smithee H.B. No. 1761       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to jurisdiction of the Texas Supreme Court.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Sections 22.001(a), (b), and (c), Government   Code, are amended to read as follows:          (a)  The supreme court has appellate jurisdiction, except in   criminal law matters, of an [coextensive with the limits of the   state and extending to all questions of law arising in the following   cases when they have been brought to the courts of appeals from]   appealable order or judgment of the trial courts if the court   determines that the appeal presents a question[:                [(1)     a case in which the justices of a court of appeals   disagree on a question of law material to the decision;                [(2)     a case in which one of the courts of appeals holds   differently from a prior decision of another court of appeals or of   the supreme court on a question of law material to a decision of the   case;                [(3)     a case involving the construction or validity of   a statute necessary to a determination of the case;                [(4)  a case involving state revenue;                [(5)     a case in which the railroad commission is a   party; and                [(6)  any other case in which it appears that an error]   of law [has been committed by the court of appeals, and] that   [error] is important [of such importance] to the jurisprudence of   the state. The supreme court's jurisdiction does not include   [that, in the opinion of the supreme court, it requires correction,   but excluding those] cases in which the jurisdiction of the court of   appeals is made final by statute.          (b)  A case over which the court has jurisdiction under   Subsection (a) may be carried to the supreme court [either] by   petition for review [writ of error or by certificate from the court   of appeals, but the court of appeals may certify a question of law   arising in any of those cases at any time it chooses, either before   or after the decision of the case in that court].          (c)  Except as provided by this subsection, an appeal may be   taken to the supreme court only if the appeal was first brought to   the court of appeals.  An appeal may be taken directly to the   supreme court from an order of a trial court granting or denying an   interlocutory or permanent injunction on the ground of the   constitutionality of a statute of this state. [It is the duty of   the supreme court to prescribe the necessary rules of procedure to   be followed in perfecting the appeal.]          SECTION 2.  The heading to Section 22.007, Government Code,   is amended to read as follows:          Sec. 22.007.  PETITION FOR REVIEW [APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF   ERROR].          SECTION 3.  Sections 22.007(a) and (e), Government Code, are   amended to read as follows:          (a)  The supreme court may act on petitions for review   [applications for writs of error] when the court deems it   expedient. [The supreme court shall pass on an application for writ   of error in a case in which the justices of the courts of appeals   have disagreed or have declared void a statute of the state.]          (e)  The granting of a petition for review [an application   for writ of error] admits the case into the supreme court, and the   supreme court shall proceed with the case as provided by law. The   denial [refusal] or dismissal of a petition for review [an   application] has the effect of denying the admission of the case   into the supreme court, except that a motion for rehearing may be   made [to the designated justices ] in the same manner that a motion   for rehearing to the supreme court is made in a case in which the   court granted review. The denial or dismissal of a petition for   review may [refusal or dismissal of an application shall] not be   regarded as a precedent or authority.          SECTION 4.  The following provisions of the Government Code   are repealed:                (1)  Section 22.001(e);                (2)  Sections 22.007(b), (c), (d), (f), and (g); and                (3)  Sections 22.225(b), (c), (d), and (e).          SECTION 5.  The repeal of Section 22.225(d), Government   Code, applies only to an interlocutory order rendered on or after   the effective date of this Act. An interlocutory order rendered   before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law   applicable to the order immediately before the effective date of   this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.