By King of Parker                                      H.B. No. 997
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the time in which a court may conduct a hearing or
 1-3     render a final order in a suit to terminate the parent-child
 1-4     relationship.
 1-5           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-6           SECTION 1. Section 161.201, Family Code, is repealed.
 1-7           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001, and
 1-8     applies only to a suit to terminate the parent-child relationship
 1-9     filed on or after that date.  A suit to terminate the parent-child
1-10     relationship filed before the effective date of this Act is
1-11     governed by the law in effect on the date the suit was filed, and
1-12     the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.