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By Goodman H.B. No. 759
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the making of a record in a child support or access
1-3 enforcement proceeding.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 14.32(b), Family Code, is amended to read
1-6 as follows:
1-7 (b) Record <Court Reporter>. An enforcement order under
1-8 this subchapter may not be entered if a record of the proceedings
1-9 is not made by a court reporter or as provided by Subchapter A,
1-10 Chapter 54, Government Code, unless:
1-11 (1) the parties agree on entry of the order; or
1-12 (2) when the motion does not seek <if the order seeks>
1-13 incarceration, the parties waive the requirement of a record at the
1-14 time of the hearing, either in writing or in open court and with
1-15 the approval of the court.
1-16 SECTION 2. The change in the law made by this Act applies to
1-17 a proceeding under Subchapter B, Chapter 14, Family Code, in which
1-18 a hearing has not been held before the effective date of this Act.
1-19 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
1-20 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the
1-21 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-22 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-23 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-24 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
2-1 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1
2-2 Amend House Bill 759 on page 1, following line 18, by
2-3 inserting a new Section 3 as follows and sequentially renumbering
2-4 subsequent sections:
2-5 SECTION 3. Amend Section 11.191, Family Code, to read as
2-6 follows:
2-7 "Sec. 11.191. Payment for Statement of Facts. If the party
2-8 requesting a statement of facts in an appeal of a suit affecting
2-9 the parent-child relationship has filed an affidavit stating the
2-10 party's inability to pay costs as provided by Rule 40, Texas Rules
2-11 of Appellate Procedure, and the affidavit is approved by the trial
2-12 court, the trial court shall order the county in which the trial
2-13 was held to pay the costs of preparing the statement of facts.
2-14 <This section shall apply to any county with a population in excess
2-15 of two million according to the most recent federal census.>"
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