By Isett                                              H.B. No. 2831
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the restriction of certain suits for dissolution of a
 1-3     marriage in which adultery has been committed.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 6.001, Family Code, is amended to read as
 1-6     follows:
 1-7           Sec. 6.001.  INSUPPORTABILITY.  (a)  Except as provided by
 1-8     Subsection (b), on [On] the petition of either party to a marriage,
 1-9     the court may grant a divorce without regard to fault if the
1-10     marriage has become insupportable because of discord or conflict of
1-11     personalities that destroys the legitimate ends of the marital
1-12     relationship and prevents any reasonable expectation of
1-13     reconciliation.
1-14           (b)  The court may not grant a divorce under this section in
1-15     favor of a spouse who has  committed adultery.
1-16           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999, and
1-17     applies only to a suit for dissolution of a marriage that is filed
1-18     on or after that date.  A  suit filed before the effective date of
1-19     this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the suit was
1-20     filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-21           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the
1-22     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-23     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-24     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
 2-1     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.