§ 7.195 — SUMMONS AND ARREST.

Texas § 7.195

• Jurisdiction: Texas
• Code WA: Water Code

Text

Sec. 7.195. SUMMONS AND ARREST. (a) After a complaint is filed or an indictment or information presented against a private corporation under this subchapter, the court or clerk shall issue a summons to the corporation. The summons shall be in the same form as a capias except that:
(1) it shall summon the corporation to appear before the court named at the place stated in the summons;
(2) it shall be accompanied by a certified copy of the complaint, indictment, or information; and
(3) it shall provide that the corporation appear before the court named at or before 10 a.m. of the Monday next after the expiration of 20 days after it is served with summons, except when service is made on the secretary of state, in which instance the summons shall provide that the corporation appear before the court named at or before 10 a.m. of the Monday next after the expiration of 30 days after the secretary of state is served with summons.
(b) No individual may be arrested upon a complaint, indictment, or information against a private corporation.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1072, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.