By Greenberg H.B. No. 1582 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.