By Munoz                                                H.B. No. 74
       74R323 MJW-D
                                 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
    1-1                                AN ACT
    1-2  relating to enforcement of a writ of habeas corpus issued by
    1-3  another state regarding the possession of a child.
    1-4        BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
    1-5        SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 11, Family Code, is amended
    1-6  by adding Section 11.631 to read as follows:
    1-7        Sec. 11.631.  RECOGNITION OF OUT-OF-STATE WRIT OF HABEAS
    1-8  CORPUS.  The courts of this state shall recognize and enforce a
    1-9  writ of habeas corpus relating to possession of a child that was:
   1-10              (1)  issued by a court of another state that had
   1-11  assumed jurisdiction under statutory provisions substantially in
   1-12  accordance with this subchapter; or
   1-13              (2)  issued under factual circumstances meeting the
   1-14  jurisdictional standards of this subchapter.
   1-15        SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
   1-16        SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
   1-17  crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
   1-18  emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
   1-19  constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
   1-20  days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.