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Amend HB 260 (Senate committee printing) by striking Section 
1 of the bill, adding proposed Section 81.009, Family Code (page 1, 
lines 11-22), and substituting:
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 81, Family Code, is amended by adding 
Section 81.009 to read as follows:
	Sec. 81.009.  APPEAL.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsections 
(b) and (c), a protective order rendered under this subtitle may not 
be appealed.
	(b)  A protective order rendered against a party in a suit 
for dissolution of a marriage may be appealed at the time the final 
decree of dissolution of the marriage becomes a final, appealable 
order.
	(c)  A protective order rendered against a party in a suit 
affecting the parent-child relationship may be appealed at the time 
an order providing for support of the child or possession of or 
access to the child becomes a final, appealable order.