1-1 By: Goodman (Senate Sponsor - Harris of Tarrant) H.B. No. 1274 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House March 31, 1993; 1-3 April 1, 1993, read first time and referred to Committee on 1-4 Jurisprudence; April 20, 1993, reported favorably by the following 1-5 vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; April 20, 1993, sent to printer.) 1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE 1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent 1-8 Henderson x 1-9 Harris of Tarrant x 1-10 Brown x 1-11 Harris of Dallas x 1-12 Luna x 1-13 Parker x 1-14 West x 1-15 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-16 AN ACT 1-17 relating to the enforcement of certain agreements between the 1-18 parties to a marriage. 1-19 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-20 SECTION 1. Section 5.46, Family Code, is amended by adding 1-21 Subsection (c) to read as follows: 1-22 (c) The remedies and defenses in this section are the 1-23 exclusive remedies or defenses, including common law remedies or 1-24 defenses. 1-25 SECTION 2. Section 5.55, Family Code, is amended by adding 1-26 Subsection (c) to read as follows: 1-27 (c) The remedies and defenses in this section are the 1-28 exclusive remedies or defenses, including common law remedies or 1-29 defenses. 1-30 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993, and 1-31 applies only to an agreement executed on or after that date. An 1-32 agreement executed before that date is governed by the law in 1-33 effect at the time the agreement was executed, and the former law 1-34 is continued in effect for that purpose. 1-35 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 1-36 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-37 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-38 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-39 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 1-40 * * * * * 1-41 Austin, 1-42 Texas 1-43 April 20, 1993 1-44 Hon. Bob Bullock 1-45 President of the Senate 1-46 Sir: 1-47 We, your Committee on Jurisprudence to which was referred H.B. 1-48 No. 1274, have had the same under consideration, and I am 1-49 instructed to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation 1-50 that it do pass and be printed. 1-51 Henderson, 1-52 Chairman 1-53 * * * * * 1-54 WITNESSES 1-55 FOR AGAINST ON 1-56 ___________________________________________________________________ 1-57 Name: James E. Farris x 1-58 Representing: Family Law Cncl of State Bar 1-59 City: Austin 1-60 -------------------------------------------------------------------