Sec. 37.002. SHORT TITLE, CONSTRUCTION, INTERPRETATION. (a) This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Declaratory Judgments Act.
(b) This chapter is remedial; its purpose is to settle and to afford relief from uncertainty and insecurity with respect to rights, status, and other legal relations; and it is to be liberally construed and administered.
(c) This chapter shall be so interpreted and construed as to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law of those states that enact it and to harmonize, as far as possible, with federal laws and regulations on the subject of declaratory judgments and decrees.
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 959, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
Structure Texas Statutes
Civil Practice and Remedies Code
Title 2 - Trial, Judgment, and Appeal
Chapter 37 - Declaratory Judgments
Section 37.002. Short Title, Construction, Interpretation
Section 37.003. Power of Courts to Render Judgment; Form and Effect
Section 37.004. Subject Matter of Relief
Section 37.005. Declarations Relating to Trust or Estate
Section 37.0055. Declarations Relating to Liability for Sales and Use Taxes of Another State