CJ C.S.H.B. 308 75(R)BILL ANALYSIS C.S.H.B. 308 By: Toby Goodman 5-1-97 Committee Report (Substituted) BACKGROUND In 1995 the legislature changed Section 71.01(b)(1), Family Code, to give "court", in this section, the meaning of district court, court of domestic relations, juvenile court or a statutory county court. This took away the authority of a constitutional county judge to issue a protective order. PURPOSE As proposed, H.B. 308 amends Title 4, Family Code, to include constitutional county courts in the courts with authority to issue protective orders. RULEMAKING AUTHORITY It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency or institution. SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS SECTION 1. Amends Section 71.01(b)(1), Family Code, to include a constitutional county court in the definition of court for purposes of this section. SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1997 SECTION 3. Emergency clause. COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE The substitute was redrafted to conform to the new code numbers in the family code as a result of the passage of SB 797 which recodified Title 4 of the Family Code.