By Reyna of Bexar H.B. No. 1552 77R6145 KSD-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to an order of legal separation in a marriage. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 6, Family Code, is amended 1-5 by adding Section 6.309 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 6.309. LEGAL SEPARATION. A spouse may file with the 1-7 clerk of court a notice of legal separation from the person's 1-8 spouse. If a suit for dissolution of marriage is not filed by 1-9 either of the parties to the marriage before the first anniversary 1-10 of the date the notice of legal separation was filed, the 1-11 separation is dissolved. 1-12 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.