1-1     By:  King of Uvalde (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini)      H.B. No. 3403
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2001;
 1-3     April 24, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Jurisprudence; May 8, 2001, reported favorably by the following
 1-5     vote:  Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 8, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the establishment of visitation centers and visitation
 1-9     exchange facilities by counties.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 153, Family Code, is amended
1-12     by adding Section 153.014 to read as follows:
1-13           Sec. 153.014.  VISITATION CENTERS AND VISITATION EXCHANGE
1-14     FACILITIES.  A county may establish a visitation center or a
1-15     visitation exchange facility for the purpose of facilitating the
1-16     terms of a court order providing for the possession of or access to
1-17     a child.
1-18           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a
1-19     vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-20     provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
1-21     Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-22     Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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