1-1 By: Jackson S.B. No. 1745 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 April 22, 1999, reported favorably, as amended, by the following 1-5 vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; April 22, 1999, sent to printer.) 1-6 COMMITTEE AMENDMENT NO. 1 By: Harris 1-7 Amend S.B. No. 1745, as introduced, by adding the following 1-8 language to line 20. Between the words "account" and ", together" 1-9 insert "on the date of service" 1-10 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-11 AN ACT 1-12 relating to garnishment of an account. 1-13 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-14 SECTION 1. Chapter 63, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is 1-15 amended by adding Section 63.007 to read as follows: 1-16 Sec. 63.007. GARNISHMENT OF ACCOUNT. In an action in which 1-17 the garnishee is a bank, savings and loan association, credit 1-18 union, or securities brokerage firm, the amount of any judgment 1-19 entered against the garnishee shall not exceed the total value of 1-20 the assets located in the account, together with any amounts added 1-21 to the account through the date of the judgment. 1-22 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-23 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-24 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-25 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-26 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-27 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 1-28 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 1-29 passage, and it is so enacted. 1-30 * * * * *