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.