By Bonnen H.B. No. 1767 75R5878 DLF-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to garnishment of money held in an inmate trust fund. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Chapter 63, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is 1-5 amended by adding Section 63.006 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 63.006. GARNISHMENT OF FUNDS HELD IN INMATE TRUST FUND. 1-7 (a) A writ of garnishment may be issued against an inmate trust 1-8 fund held under the authority of the Texas Department of Criminal 1-9 Justice under Section 501.014, Government Code, to encumber money 1-10 that is held for the benefit of an inmate in the fund. 1-11 (b) The state's sovereign immunity to suit is waived only to 1-12 the extent necessary to authorize a garnishment action in 1-13 accordance with this section. 1-14 SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a writ of garnishment 1-15 issued against an inmate trust fund on or after the effective date 1-16 of this Act. A writ of garnishment issued against an inmate trust 1-17 fund before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law 1-18 as it existed before the effective date of this Act, and that law 1-19 is continued in effect for this purpose. 1-20 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997. 1-21 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 1-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.