1-1 By: McReynolds (Senate Sponsor - Harris) H.B. No. 3012
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 1997;
1-3 May 2, 1997, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Jurisprudence; May 13, 1997, reported favorably, as amended, by the
1-5 following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 13, 1997, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Harris
1-7 Amend H.B. 3012, in SECTION 1 of the bill, in amended Section
1-8 153.312(a), Family Code, in Subdivision (2) of that section (House
1-9 Engrossment, page 1, line 36), between "resumes" and "[at 8 p.m.]",
1-10 by inserting ", unless the court finds that visitation under this
1-11 subdivision is not in the best interest of the child".
1-12 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-13 AN ACT
1-14 relating to standard possession orders in suits affecting the
1-15 parent-child relationship.
1-16 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-17 SECTION 1. Section 153.312(a), Family Code, is amended to
1-18 read as follows:
1-19 (a) If the possessory conservator resides 100 miles or less
1-20 from the primary residence of the child, the possessory conservator
1-21 shall have the right to possession of the child as follows:
1-22 (1) on weekends beginning at 6 p.m. on the first,
1-23 third, and fifth Friday of each month and ending at 6 p.m. on the
1-24 following Sunday or, at the possessory conservator's election made
1-25 before or at the time of the rendition of the original or
1-26 modification order, and as specified in the original or
1-27 modification order, beginning at the time the child's school is
1-28 regularly dismissed and ending at 6 p.m. on the following Sunday;
1-29 and
1-30 (2) on Wednesdays of each week during the regular
1-31 school term beginning at 6 p.m. and ending at 8 p.m., or, at the
1-32 possessory conservator's election made before or at the time of the
1-33 rendition of the original or modification order, and as specified
1-34 in the original or modification order, beginning at the time the
1-35 child's school is regularly dismissed and ending at the time the
1-36 child's school resumes [at 8 p.m].
1-37 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997, and
1-38 applies only to a possession order rendered on or after that date.
1-39 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-40 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-41 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-42 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-43 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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