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.
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