By Harris S.B. No. 512
74R4333 MJW-F
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 11.191, Family Code, is amended to read
1-6 as follows:
1-7 Sec. 11.191. PAYMENT FOR STATEMENT OF FACTS. If the party
1-8 requesting a statement of facts in an appeal of a suit affecting
1-9 the parent-child relationship has filed an affidavit stating the
1-10 party's inability to pay costs as provided by Rule 40, Texas Rules
1-11 of Appellate Procedure, and the affidavit is approved by the trial
1-12 court, the trial court shall order the county in which the trial
1-13 was held to pay the costs of preparing the statement of facts.
1-14 <This section shall apply to any county with a population in excess
1-15 of two million according to the most recent federal census.>
1-16 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1995, and
1-17 applies only to payment for a statement of facts in a suit
1-18 affecting the parent-child relationship in which an affidavit
1-19 stating a party's inability to pay costs is filed on or after the
1-20 effective date of this Act.
1-21 (b) Payment for a statement of facts in a suit affecting the
1-22 parent-child relationship in which an affidavit stating a party's
1-23 inability to pay costs is filed before the effective date of this
1-24 Act is covered by the law in effect when the affidavit was filed,
2-1 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
2-2 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
2-3 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-4 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-5 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-6 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.