1-1 By: Harris S.B. No. 512
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed February 9, 1995; February 13, 1995,
1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence;
1-4 April 11, 1995, reported favorably, as amended, by the following
1-5 vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; April 11, 1995, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Cain
1-7 Amend S.B. No. 512 as follows:
1-8 (1) On page 1, line 12 (committee printing page 1, line 22),
1-9 strike the word "shall" and replace with the words "may <shall>".
1-10 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-11 AN ACT
1-12 relating to payment for a statement of facts in a suit affecting
1-13 the parent-child relationship.
1-14 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-15 SECTION 1. Section 11.191, Family Code, is amended to read
1-16 as follows:
1-17 Sec. 11.191. PAYMENT FOR STATEMENT OF FACTS. If the party
1-18 requesting a statement of facts in an appeal of a suit affecting
1-19 the parent-child relationship has filed an affidavit stating the
1-20 party's inability to pay costs as provided by Rule 40, Texas Rules
1-21 of Appellate Procedure, and the affidavit is approved by the trial
1-22 court, the trial court shall order the county in which the trial
1-23 was held to pay the costs of preparing the statement of facts.
1-24 <This section shall apply to any county with a population in excess
1-25 of two million according to the most recent federal census.>
1-26 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1995, and
1-27 applies only to payment for a statement of facts in a suit
1-28 affecting the parent-child relationship in which an affidavit
1-29 stating a party's inability to pay costs is filed on or after the
1-30 effective date of this Act.
1-31 (b) Payment for a statement of facts in a suit affecting the
1-32 parent-child relationship in which an affidavit stating a party's
1-33 inability to pay costs is filed before the effective date of this
1-34 Act is covered by the law in effect when the affidavit was filed,
1-35 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-36 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-37 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-38 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-39 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-40 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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