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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the minimum duration of a protective order. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 7B.007(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
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is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A protective order issued under Article 7B.003 may be |
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effective for the duration of the lives of the offender and victim |
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or for a [any shorter] period of not less than one year stated in the |
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order. If a period is not stated in the order, the order is |
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effective until the second anniversary of the date the order was |
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issued. |
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SECTION 2. Section 85.025(a), Family Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, an order |
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under this subtitle is effective: |
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(1) for a [the] period of not less than one year and |
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not more than two years stated in the order [, not to exceed two |
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years]; or |
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(2) if a period is not stated in the order, until the |
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second anniversary of the date the order was issued. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a protective order rendered on or after the effective date of |
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this Act. A protective order rendered before the effective date of |
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this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the order was |
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rendered, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |