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.