By Shapiro S.B. No. 1477
75R6193 JMM-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the appointment of a temporary conservator of a child.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Section 105.001, Family Code, is amended by
1-5 amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (h) to read as
1-6 follows:
1-7 (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), temporary
1-8 restraining orders and temporary injunctions under this section
1-9 shall be granted without the necessity of an affidavit or verified
1-10 pleading stating specific facts showing that immediate and
1-11 irreparable injury, loss, or damage will result before notice can
1-12 be served and a hearing can be held. Except as provided by
1-13 Subsection (h), an [An] order may not be rendered under Subsection
1-14 (a)(1), (2), or (5) except after notice and a hearing. A temporary
1-15 restraining order granted under this section need not:
1-16 (1) define the injury or state why it is irreparable;
1-17 or
1-18 (2) state why the order was granted without notice.
1-19 (h) An order under Subsection (a)(1) may be rendered without
1-20 notice and an adversary hearing if the order is an emergency order
1-21 sought by a governmental entity under Chapter 262.
1-22 SECTION 2. The importance of this legislation and the
1-23 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-24 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-1 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-2 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended,
2-3 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its
2-4 passage, and it is so enacted.