By Ellis S.B. No. 804 76R5361 KLA-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to developing a standard format for protective orders. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. (a) The Texas Department of Public Safety shall 1-5 collaborate with the Texas Council on Family Violence and the Texas 1-6 District and County Attorneys Association to develop a standard 1-7 format for protective orders issued under Title 4, Family Code. 1-8 (b) In developing the standard format for protective orders 1-9 as required by Subsection (a), the Texas Department of Public 1-10 Safety shall consider the standard formats for protective orders 1-11 adopted by other states. 1-12 (c) To the maximum extent possible, the standard format for 1-13 a protective order developed under Subsection (a) must be concise 1-14 and easily understandable to a peace officer who attempts to 1-15 enforce the order. 1-16 SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2000, the director of 1-17 the Texas Department of Public Safety shall make a recommendation 1-18 to the 77th Legislature regarding a standard format for protective 1-19 orders issued under Title 4, Family Code. 1-20 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-21 SECTION 4. 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.