1-1 By: Thompson (Senate Sponsor - Lindsay) H.B. No. 2261 1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 1997; 1-3 April 29, 1997, read first time and referred to Committee on 1-4 Jurisprudence; May 18, 1997, reported favorably, as amended, by the 1-5 following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 18, 1997, sent to printer.) 1-6 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Duncan 1-7 Amend HB 2261 in SECTION 1, on line 32 by deleting "an 1-8 additional cost" and inserting "a fine". 1-9 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-10 AN ACT 1-11 relating to providing the court with certain information regarding 1-12 a party in a civil action. 1-13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-14 SECTION 1. Chapter 30, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is 1-15 amended by adding Section 30.015 to read as follows: 1-16 Sec. 30.015. PROVISION OF CURRENT ADDRESS OF PARTY IN CIVIL 1-17 ACTION. (a) In a civil action, each party or the party's attorney 1-18 must provide the clerk of the court with written notice of the 1-19 party's name and current residence or business address. 1-20 (b) The notice required by Subsection (a) may not be 1-21 required from any party or party's attorney if such party has not 1-22 appeared or answered in the civil action. 1-23 (c) The notice required by Subsection (a) must be provided 1-24 at the time the party files its initial pleading with the court or 1-25 not later than the seventh day after the date the clerk of the 1-26 court requests the information. 1-27 (d) If the party's address changes during the course of a 1-28 civil action, the party or the party's attorney must provide the 1-29 clerk of the court with written notice of the party's new address. 1-30 (e) If the party or the party's attorney fails to provide 1-31 the notice required by Subsection (a), the trial court may assess 1-32 an additional cost of not more than $50. 1-33 (f) It is a defense to a fine assessed under this section 1-34 that the party or the party's attorney could not reasonably obtain 1-35 and provide the information required by Subsection (a). 1-36 (g) Information provided to a clerk of a court under this 1-37 section is confidential and may not be disclosed to the public 1-38 without the express authorization of the court. 1-39 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997, and 1-40 applies only to suits filed on or after the effective date of this 1-41 Act. 1-42 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-43 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-44 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-45 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-46 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. 1-47 * * * * *