By: Staples S.B. No. 1319
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to forwarding process served on the secretary of state.
1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-4 SECTION 1. Subsection (a), Section 17.045, Civil Practice
1-5 and Remedies Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-6 (a) If the secretary of state is served with duplicate
1-7 copies of process for a nonresident, the documents shall contain
1-8 [he shall require] a statement of the name and address of the
1-9 nonresident's home or home office and the secretary of state shall
1-10 immediately mail a copy of the process to the nonresident at the
1-11 address provided.
1-12 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.