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Amend SB 43 (Senate committee printing) as follows:                          

(1)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in the recital to Section 	156.006, Family Code (page 1, line 13), strike "Subsection (c)" and 
substitute "Subsections (c) and (d)".
	(2)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Subsection (c), 
Section 156.006, Family Code (page 1, line 18), strike "outside of 
the United States".
	(3)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, immediately following added 
Subsection (c), Section 156.006, Family Code (page 1, between lines 
18 and 19), insert the following:
	(d)  In this section, "military deployment" means military 
duty ordered for a period of more than six months during which the 
person ordered to duty:
		(1)  is not provided the option of being accompanied by 
the person's child; and
		(2)  is serving in a location where access to the 
person's child is not reasonably possible.
	(4)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Subsection (b), 
Section 156.101, Family Code (page 1, line 46), strike "outside of 
the United States".
	(5)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, immediately following added 
Subsection (b), Section 156.101, Family Code (page 1, between lines 
46 and 47), insert the following:
	(c)  In this section, "military deployment" means military 
duty ordered for a period of more than six months during which the 
person ordered to duty:
		(1)  is not provided the option of being accompanied by 
the person's child; and
		(2)  is serving in a location where access to the 
person's child is not reasonably possible.
	(6)  In SECTION 3 of the bill, in the recital to Section 
156.102, Family Code (page 1, line 48), strike "Subsection (d)" and 
substitute "Subsections (d) and (e)".
	(7)  In SECTION 3 of the bill, in added Subsection (d), 
Section 156.102, Family Code (page 1, line 53), strike "outside of 
the United States".
	(8)  In SECTION 3 of the bill, immediately following added 
Subsection (d), Section 156.102, Family Code (page 1, between lines 
53 and 54), insert the following:
	(e)  In this section, "military deployment" means military 
duty ordered for a period of more than six months during which the 
person ordered to duty:
		(1)  is not provided the option of being accompanied by 
the person's child; and
		(2)  is serving in a location where access to the 
person's child is not reasonably possible.
	(9)  In SECTION 4 of the bill, in the recital to Section 
156.105, Family Code (page 1, line 55), strike "Subsection (c)" and 
substitute "Subsections (c) and (d)".
	(10)  In SECTION 4 of the bill, in added Subsection (c), 
Section 156.105, Family Code (page 1, line 63), strike "outside 
this country".
	(11)  In SECTION 4 of the bill, immediately following added 
Subsection (c), Section 156.105, Family Code (page 2, between lines 
7 and 8), insert the following:
	(d)  In this section, "military deployment" means military 
duty ordered for a period of more than six months during which the 
person ordered to duty:
		(1)  is not provided the option of being accompanied by 
the person's child; and
		(2)  is serving in a location where access to the 
person's child is not reasonably possible.