Texas Business and Commerce Code - BUS & COM § 17.501. Consumer Protection Division Participation in Class Action

(a) A consumer filing an action under Section 17.50 that is to be maintained as a class action shall send to the consumer protection division:

(b) The court shall abate the action for 60 days if the court finds that notice was not provided to the consumer protection division as required by Subsection (a).

(c) The court, on a showing of good cause, may allow the consumer protection division, as representative of the public, to intervene in an action to which this section applies.  The consumer protection division shall file its motion for intervention with the court before which the action is pending and serve a copy of the motion on each party to the action.