1-1 By: Goodman, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Wentworth) H.B. No. 308 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 12, 1997; 1-3 May 13, 1997, read first time and referred to Committee on 1-4 Jurisprudence; May 15, 1997, reported favorably by the following 1-5 vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 15, 1997, sent to printer.) 1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-7 AN ACT 1-8 relating to the authority to issue protective orders. 1-9 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-10 SECTION 1. Section 71.002, Family Code, as added by H.B. 1-11 1441 or S.B. 797, Acts of the 75th Legislature, Regular Session, 1-12 1997, is amended to read as follows: 1-13 Sec. 71.002. COURT. "Court" means the district court, court 1-14 of domestic relations, juvenile court having the jurisdiction of a 1-15 district court, statutory county court, constitutional county 1-16 court, or other court expressly given jurisdiction under this 1-17 title. 1-18 SECTION 2. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this 1-19 section, this Act takes effect on September 1, 1997, and applies 1-20 only to an application for a protective order made on or after that 1-21 date. 1-22 (b) This Act takes effect only if the 75th Legislature, at 1-23 its regular session, enacts H.B. 1441 or S.B. 797 and either bill 1-24 becomes law. If the legislation does not become law, this Act has 1-25 no effect. 1-26 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-27 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-28 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-29 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-30 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 1-31 * * * * *