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
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