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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