HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
 1-1           WHEREAS, House Bill No. 1245 has been adopted by the house of
 1-2     representatives and the senate and is being prepared for
 1-3     enrollment; and
 1-4           WHEREAS, The bill contains technical errors that should be
 1-5     corrected;  now, therefore, be it
 1-6           RESOLVED by the 77th Legislature of the State of Texas, That
 1-7     the enrolling clerk of the house of representatives be instructed
 1-8     to correct House Bill No. 1245 as follows:
 1-9           (1)  Strike Section 3.410, Family Code, as added by Senate
1-10     Committee Amendment No. 1, and substitute the following:
1-11           Sec. 3.410.  EFFECT OF MARITAL PROPERTY AGREEMENTS. A
1-12     premarital or marital property agreement, whether executed before,
1-13     on, or after September 1, 1999, that satisfies the requirements of
1-14     Chapter 4 is effective to waive, release, assign, or partition a
1-15     claim for economic contribution under this subchapter to the same
1-16     extent the agreement would have been effective to waive, release,
1-17     assign, or partition a claim for reimbursement under the law as it
1-18     existed immediately before September 1, 1999, unless the agreement
1-19     provides otherwise.
1-20           (2)  Strike SECTION 6(c) of the Act, as added by Senate
1-21     Committee Amendment No. 1, and substitute the following:
1-22           (c)  Section 3.410, Family Code, as added by this Act,
1-23     applies to a premarital property agreement or marital property
1-24     agreement executed before, on, or after September 1, 1999.
                                                                     Goodman
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             President of the Senate              Speaker of the House
               I certify that H.C.R. No. 284 was adopted by the House on May
         16, 2001, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in
         Senate amendments to H.C.R. No. 284 on May 22, 2001, by a
         non-record vote.
                                             _______________________________
                                                 Chief Clerk of the House
               I certify that H.C.R. No. 284 was adopted by the Senate, as
         amended, on May 18, 2001, by a viva-voce vote.
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                                                 Secretary of the Senate
         APPROVED:  __________________________
                              Date
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                            Governor