Amend CSHB 2124 by inserting the following:
      SECTION 1.  Section 85.026, Family Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (d) to read as follows:
      (d) Each protective order issued under this subtitle, except
for a temporary ex parte order, must contain the following
prominently displayed statement in bold-faced type, capital
letters, or underlined:
      "AN APPEAL OF THIS ORDER MUST BE FILED IN THE COURT OF
APPEALS FOR THE COUNTY IN WHICH THIS ORDER IS RENDERED.  AN APPEAL
OF THIS ORDER MUST BE FILED NOT LATER THAN THE 30TH DAY AFTER THE
DATE ON WHICH THE ORDER IS SIGNED."
      SECTION 2.  Subtitle B, Title 4, Family Code, is amended by
adding Chapter 89 to read as follows:
                        CHAPTER 89.  APPEAL
      Sec. 89.001.  RIGHT TO APPEAL.  (a) An appeal from an order
rendered under this subtitle, other than a temporary ex parte
order, shall be filed in a court of appeals for the county in which
the order was rendered.
      (b) Notice of appeal must be filed  not later than the 30th
day after the date the protective order was signed.
      Sec. 89.002.  TRANSCRIPTS.  On receipt of notice of the
filing of an appeal, the clerk of the court in which the protective
order was rendered shall immediately send a certified copy of the
transcripts of the proceedings in the case to the court of appeals.
      Sec. 89.003.  PREFERENTIAL SETTING.  The court of appeals and
the supreme court shall give an appeal under this chapter
preference over all other cases before the court and shall advance
the appeal on the court's docket.  The court of appeals or supreme
court may suspend any rule relating to the time for filing a brief
or docketing a case.
      Sec. 89.004.  ORDER PENDING APPEAL.  The appeal of an order
rendered under this subtitle does not affect the validity of the
order or affect the jurisdiction of the court that rendered the
order to expand, vacate, or otherwise modify the order.
      SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999, and
applies only to a protective order rendered on or after that date.
A protective order rendered before the effective date of this Act
is governed by the law in effect on the date the order was
rendered, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.