By Harris S.B. No. 512
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 512:
By Goodman C.S.S.B. No. 512
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to payment for a statement of facts in a suit affecting
1-3 the parent-child relationship.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 109.003, Family Code, as added by House
1-6 Bill 655, Acts of the 74th Legislature, 1995, is amended to read as
1-7 follows:
1-8 Sec. 109.003. PAYMENT FOR STATEMENT OF FACTS. <(a)> If the
1-9 party requesting a statement of facts in an appeal of a suit has
1-10 filed an affidavit stating the party's inability to pay costs as
1-11 provided by Rule 40, Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, and the
1-12 affidavit is approved by the trial court, the trial court may
1-13 <shall> order the county in which the trial was held to pay the
1-14 costs of preparing the statement of facts.
1-15 <(b) This section applies to a county with a population in
1-16 excess of two million.>
1-17 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1995, and
1-18 applies only to payment for a statement of facts in a suit
1-19 affecting the parent-child relationship in which an affidavit
1-20 stating a party's inability to pay costs is filed on or after the
1-21 effective date of this Act.
1-22 (b) Payment for a statement of facts in a suit affecting the
1-23 parent-child relationship in which an affidavit stating a party's
1-24 inability to pay costs is filed before the effective date of this
2-1 Act is covered by the law in effect when the affidavit was filed,
2-2 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
2-3 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-4 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-5 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-6 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-7 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.