By Allen H.B. No. 820
74R3315 PEP-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to court orders to grant a name change to certain persons
1-3 convicted of a criminal offense.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 32.22, Family Code, is amended to read as
1-6 follows:
1-7 Sec. 32.22. Decree. (a) For good cause shown the court
1-8 shall order a change of name for any person other than a person
1-9 finally convicted of an offense <a felony> as requested if it finds
1-10 that the change is in the interest or to the benefit of the
1-11 petitioner and in the interest of the public.
1-12 (b) A court may order a change of name for a person finally
1-13 convicted of an offense <a felony> if, in addition to the
1-14 requirements of Subsection (a), the person has:
1-15 (1) received a certificate of discharge by the pardons
1-16 and paroles division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or
1-17 completed a period of community supervision <probation> ordered by
1-18 a court and at least two calendar years have elapsed from the date
1-19 of the receipt of discharge or completion of community supervision
1-20 <probation>; or
1-21 (2) been pardoned.
1-22 (c) In this section, "offense" means:
1-23 (1) any felony;
1-24 (2) a misdemeanor under Chapter 21, Penal Code; or
2-1 (3) a misdemeanor under Section 43.24 or Section
2-2 43.251, Penal Code.
2-3 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
2-4 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-5 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-6 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-7 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-8 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.