1-1     By:  Harris                                           S.B. No. 1741
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 12, 1999; March 15, 1999, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence;
 1-4     March 25, 1999, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
 1-5     Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 3, Nays 0; March 25, 1999,
 1-6     sent to printer.)
 1-7     COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1741                  By:  Harris
 1-8                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-9                                   AN ACT
1-10     relating to removal of the disabilities of minority.
1-11           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12           SECTION 1.  Section 31.005, Family Code, is amended to read
1-13     as follows:
1-14           Sec. 31.005.  ORDER.  The court by order, or the Texas
1-15     Supreme Court by rule or order, may remove the disabilities of
1-16     minority of a minor, including any restriction imposed by Chapter
1-17     32, if the court or the Texas Supreme Court finds the removal to be
1-18     in the best interest of the petitioner.  The order or rule must
1-19     state the limited or general purposes for which disabilities are
1-20     removed.
1-21           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
1-22           SECTION 3.  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
1-25     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-26     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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