2021 Texas Statutes
Insurance Code
Title 5 - Protection of Consumer Interests
Subtitle C - Deceptive, Unfair, and Prohibited Practices
Chapter 541 - Unfair Methods of Competition and Unfair or Deceptive Acts or Practices
Subchapter F. Class Actions by Attorney General or Private Individual
Section 541.262. Procedures in Class Action
Sec. 541.262. PROCEDURES IN CLASS ACTION. In a class action under this subchapter, the court may make appropriate orders:
(1) determining the course of proceedings or prescribing measures to prevent undue repetition or complication in the presentation of evidence or argument;
(2) requiring, for the protection of the members of the class or otherwise for the fair conduct of the action, that notice be given in a manner the court directs to some or all of the members or the attorney general of:
(A) any step in the action;
(B) the proposed extent of the judgment; or
(C) the opportunity for members to:
(i) signify whether the members consider the representation to be fair and adequate;
(ii) intervene and present claims or defenses; or
(iii) otherwise come into the action;
(3) imposing conditions on the representative parties or intervenors;
(4) requiring that the pleadings be amended to eliminate allegations relating to representation of absent persons, and that the action proceed accordingly; or
(5) dealing with similar procedural matters.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.
