1-1     By:  Staples                                          S.B. No. 1319
 1-2           (In the Senate - Filed March 8, 2001; March 13, 2001, read
 1-3     first time and referred to Committee on State Affairs;
 1-4     March 28, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 9,
 1-5     Nays 0; March 28, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to forwarding process served on the secretary of state.
 1-9           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-10           SECTION 1.  Subsection (a), Section 17.045, Civil Practice
1-11     and Remedies Code, is amended to read as follows:
1-12           (a)  If the secretary of state is served with duplicate
1-13     copies of process for a nonresident, the documents shall contain
1-14     [he shall require] a statement of the name and address of the
1-15     nonresident's home or home office and the secretary of state shall
1-16     immediately mail a copy of the process to the nonresident at the
1-17     address provided.
1-18           SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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