HB3060 - Tennessee - Civil Procedure

Companion Bill SB3660. Civil Procedure - Specifies that if an appellate court declares a disaster pursuant to applicable court rules, then all statutes of limitation and repose will be extended by the same number of days that the applicable filing deadlines are extended; deadlines to be extended only in county in which disaster is declared. - Amends TCA Title 28, Chapter 1. Fiscal Summary for *HB3060 / SB3660 MINIMAL Bill Summary for *HB3060 / SB3660 Present Tennessee court rules allow the chief justice or, if not available, the next most senior justice or intermediate appellate court judge available to enter an order creating a disaster plan in the event that a disaster incapacitates the operation of the appellate courts. This order may grant up to a 30-day extension of mandatory deadlines that would otherwise apply to documents [...]

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