Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. Line and page numbers may not match official copy. By Dunnam H.B. No. 2811 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to an appeal from the entry of a protective order. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Chapter 71, Family Code, is amended by adding 1-5 Section 71.20 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 71.20. APPEAL. The entry of a protective order by a 1-7 court under this chapter is an interlocutory order that may be 1-8 appealed as other interlocutory orders listed under Section 51.014, 1-9 Civil Practice and Remedies Code. 1-10 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997, and 1-11 applies only to the entry of a protective order under Chapter 71, 1-12 Family Code, on or after that date. The entry of a protective 1-13 order under Chapter 71, Family Code, before the effective date of 1-14 this Act is governed by the law applicable to the entry of the 1-15 order immediately before the effective date of this Act, and that 1-16 law is continued in effect for that purpose. 1-17 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-18 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-19 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-20 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-21 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.